Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage

Traces the history and development of dance, with an emphasis on musicals and the Broadway stage, in the United States from its colonial beginnings to performances of the present day. A relevant text to meet the growing interest in Musical Theatre History and will be useful reading for a broad range of subjects including Theatre Studies, Musicals, History and Cultural Studies. This fills a gap in the market for a book length historical study that uses dance as a lens with which to view musical theatre and American culture more broadly.