October 8, 2026: Emerging Stars: Musicals of the 1950s

Class Preparation:

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: ​
  • “Stand up and fight like hell”: The Postwar Black Musical (pp. 202-207)
• ​Black Broadway: ​
  • Chapter 5 ("Postwar Broadway: The 1950s"), pp. 122--145

​Handouts:

• Class 4 Selected Lyrics
• ​Handout of Key Class 4 slides

Links & Playlists

 Cast Recording Playlists on YouTube:

• Lost in the Stars (1949 Original Broadway Cast Recording)​
• House of Flowers (1954 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Mr. Wonderful (1956 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Jamaica (1957 Original Broadway Cast Recording)

 Other YouTube Playlists:

• Class 4 Video Playlist
• Pearl Bailey on The Ed Sullivan Show (all 39 appearances!)