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This paper provides a history of American musical theatre with a focus on musical comedy from the mid-nineteenth century in the form of vaudeville and minstrelsy to the highly sophisticated and distinctly American art form of musical theatre developed by greats like Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

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"The history of musical theater in Europe dates back to the ancient Greek theater that combined music, dance and comedy or tragedy since the Fifth Century ...B.C. American musical theatre, in contrast, is a distinctly modern phenomenon, one that did not fully develop until the early twentieth century. The now famous Times Square Theater District in New York City did not develop until the ...s and ...s. In a ... performance hit known as "The Elves"..."

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