No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance: A History of the American Musical Theater

by Sheldon Patinkin and Phillip Patinkin

Book Overview

Written by one of American theater's most avid and knowledgeable proponents, "No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance" traces the American musical from its rich and varied beginnings in European opera, American minstrel shows, and vaudeville through its many permutations to its current state--from, as Sheldon Patinkin puts it, La Boheme to Rent. Minstrelsy, burlesque, revue, dance, and choreographers, the "texts" of musical theater so often overlooked by its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810119943
• ISBN13: 9780810119949
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"