TY - BOOK AU - Dash,Irene G. TI - Shakespeare and the American musical SN - 9780253354143 (hbk.) : U1 - 782.1'4'0973 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Bloomington, Ind., Chesham PB - Indiana University Press, Combined Academic [distributor] KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Musicals KW - United States KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Irene G. Dash explores the influence of Shakespeare on American musical theatre, through analyses of five seminal productions from 1938 through 1971: The Boys from Syracuse; Kiss me, Kate; West Side Story; Your Own Thing; & Two Gentlemen of Verona. She shows how these productions contributed to the growing sophistication of musical comedy ER -