Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s

Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s by Mordden, Ethan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312239510.

In the 1930s, Broadways lights still burned brightly. Ethan Mordden completes his history of the Broadway musical by taking a look at this forgotten era. Shows like Anything Goes brought the glitter of Cole Porter and Mermans brass to the public. Innovations in dance were pioneered by Balanchine and others. Scenic advancements made Astaires The Band Wagon move across the stage in novel ways. Gershwins revolutionary Porgy and Bess entered the canon of American Classics. And The Cradle Will Rock and Johnny Johnson took the American political temperature. With his trademark wit and style, Ethan Mordden shines the spotlight on Broadways forgotten decade.