The American Musical: Broadway and Beyond

3 Credits

Provides non-music majors and music minors with an introduction to the history and development of the American musical, focusing on the genre's relationship to American culture and society. Topics include musical and dramatic features of specific works, principal creators and performers, commercialization and popularity, the genre's relationship to film, its role in the formation of America's national identity, and its communication of American values, attitudes and norms with regard to different cultures.