October 15, 2026: Changing Times: Musicals of the 1960s

Class Preparation:

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: ​
  • “Overture”: Tradition (1960-1979 (pp. 261-263)
  • “How to Succeed in Business”: The Musical on the 1960s and 1970s (pp. 264-265)
  • “I ain't bowin' down no more”: Golden Boy and the Civil Rights Era (pp. 272--275) 
• Black Broadway: ​
  • Chapter 6 ("The Turbulent Sixties"), pp. 146-175

​Handouts:

• Class 5 Selected Lyrics
• ​Handout of Key Class 5 slides

Links & Playlists

 YouTube Playlists:

• No Strings (1962 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley)
• Golden Boy (1964 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Sammy Davis, Jr., and Paula Wayne)
• Hallelujah, Baby! (1967 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Leslie Uggams)
• Hello, Dolly! (1967 Broadway Cast Recording with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway)

Class 5 Video Playlist