American musicals, 1927-1949 : the complete books & lyrics of eight Broadway classics

Laurence Maslon

Introduction ; Show boat / book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Jerome Kern ; As thousands cheer / lyrics and music by Irving Berlin, sketches by Moss Hart ; Pal Joey / book by John O'Hara, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart ; Oklahoma! / music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; On the town / book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Leonard Bernstein ; Finian's rainbow / book by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics and music by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Burton Lane ; Kiss me, Kate / music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Samuel and Bella Spewack ; South Pacific / music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan ; Additional lyrics ; Biographical notes ; Broadway production notes ; Note on the texts ; Notes ; Sources and acknowledgments