TY - BOOK AU - Knapp,Raymond TI - The American musical and the performance of personal identity SN - 0691125244 AV - ML2054 K67 A 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Musicals KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - Social aspects KW - Personality and culture KW - Motion pictures KW - History N1 - Personal genres. The Viennese connection : Franz Lehár and American operetta (The merry widow (1907). Naughty Marietta (1910). Little Mary Sunshine (1959). A little night music (1973)) -- The movie musical (Singin' in the rain (film, 1952). Stormy weather (film, 1943) and Bamboozled (film, 2000). Meet me in St. Louis (film, 1944). Moulin Rouge (film, 2001) and Chicago (film, 2002)); HKBU Library; Epilogue. Operatic ambitions and beyond (Candide (1956). Sweeney Todd (1979). Evita (1979)) ER -