9: The American Musical Last updated Save as PDF Page ID11597 Contributed by Charles MitchellAssociate Professor (School of Theatre + Dance) at University of FloridaSourced from University Press of Florida 9.1: The American Musical9.2: Early Musical Theatre- Entertainments and Genres9.3: Musical Comedies of the 1920s and 1930s9.4: The Rise and Dominance of the Book Musical in the 1940s and 1950s9.5: Varieties of Nostalgia in the 1950s9.6: Expansions of and Alternatives to the Book Musical in the 1960s-1980s9.7: New Developments from the 1980s and Beyond- Diversity Continues