Maslon, Laurence - Broadway to Main Street

Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America is the first chronicle of how the songs of the American Musical Theater made their way-through sheet music, popular recordings, the radio, original cast albums, television, CDs, and the Internet-from the Theater District to living rooms across the country.

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: HOUSE SEAT
Music and the private space of Broadway
CHAPTER 1. TURN OVER FOR ACT TWO
Content and the context of Broadway
CHAPTER 2. THE JEWISH POPULATION OF TENNESSEE
Sheet music and the imprimatur of Broadway
CHAPTER 3. FACE THE MUSIC (AND DANCE)
The gramophone and the voice of Broadway
CHAPTER 4. THE MAJESTIC THEATER OF THE AIR
Radio and the personality of Broadway
CHAPTER 5: THE FARMER AND THE COWMAN SHOULD BE FRIENDS:
Albums sets and the narrative of Broadway
CHAPTER 6. EVERY HOME'S A FIRST NIGHT
The Long-Playing record and the commodity of Broadway
CHAPTER 7. SONGS FOR SWINGIN' SHOW FANS
Hit singles and the catalogue of Broadway
CHAPTER 8. AND MY FAIR LADY IS A TERRIFIC SHOW, THEY SAY
The record producer and the blockbuster of Broadway
CHAPTER 9. HYMN TO A SUNDAY EVENING
Television and the mythology of Broadway
CHAPTER 10. A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
Movie stars and the soundtrack of Broadway
CHAPTER 11. WAS THERE TOO MUCH OF A CROWD, ALL TOO LUSH AND LOUD?
Pop singles and the adult contemporaneity of Broadway
CHAPTER 12. LOSING MY TIMING THIS LATE IN MY CAREER
The rock scene and the margin road of Broadway
CHAPTER 13. YOU NEVER SEEN A SHOW LIKE THIS BEFORE
Compact discs and the digitalization of Broadway
CHAPTER 14. HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU
The Internet and the mixtape of Broadway
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index