Rebels with Applause: Broadway's Groundbreaking Musicals

• the savage political satire of The Cradle Will Rock in 1937
• the surprisingly dark sexuality of Pal Joey in 1940
• the profound innovations of Oklahoma! in 1943
• the absurdist social satire of Anyone Can Whistle in 1964
• the convention-shattering experiment that was Hair in 1967
• the intimacy and emotional power of Jacques Brel in 1968
• the provocative honesty of the gay-themed Ballad of Little Mikey in 1994
• the abstract sophistication of the jazz/pop/R&B-flavored Songs for a New World in 1995
• the emotional immensity of the "anti-spectacle" Floyd Collins in 1995
• the overwhelming influence of the 1996 rock musical Rent.

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