2. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1930s

Berlin in Broadway and Hollywood: The 1930s

In Broadway :The American Musical, read pp. 114-115 ("Blue Skies"); pp. 119-124 (The 1930s on Broadway), pp. 148-149, 156-157 (Ethel Waters and As Thousands Cheer)
Handout of Class 2 slides
Class 2 Selected Lyrics from Face the Music, As Thousands Cheer, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet and various other songs. The first of the YouTube playlists below features recordings of these songs.

Playlists:

Face the Music (2007 Encores! Cast Recording of the 1932 show)
As Thousands Cheer (1998 "World Premiere" Cast Recording of the 1932 revue)
Top Hat (Song and dance clips from the 1935 film with Astaire and Rogers)
Follow the Fleet (Song and dance clips from the 1936 film with Astaire and Rogers)
Class 2 Featured Songs (lyrics of six songs on the handout linked above that are not on one of the previous playlists)
Class 2 Videos (shown or heard during class-some duplication from other playlists)
"Supper Time" segment of the documentary Broadway: The American Musical