In the 1960s; the Broadway musical was revolutionized from an entertainment characterized by sentimental standards; such as Camelot and Hello; Dolly!; to one of brilliant and bittersweet masterpieces; such as Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof. In Open a New Window; Ethan Mordden continues his history of the Broadway musical with the decade that bridged the gap between the romantic; fanciful entertainments of the fifties; such as Call Me; Madam; to the seventies when sophisticated fare; such as A Little Night Music and Follies; was commonplace. Here in brilliant detail is the decade and the people that forever transformed the Broadway muscial.
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