A History of the American Musical Theatre

From the diverse proto-musicals of the mid-1800s, through the revues of the 1920s, the ''true musicals'' of the 1940s, the politicization of the 1960s, the ''mega-musicals'' of the 1980s, and the explosive jukebox musicals of the 2010s and ''20s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors.