Showboat

The cultural influences that have shaped American musical theater have naturally varied from one era to another. Many of these musicals mirror social norms and mores (Lubbock, 755). The dominant genre that emerged in the middle of the twentieth century was of a musical theater in which the play was the thing and the integration of song, humor, and production numbers into a single and inextricable artistic entity established an authentic musical theatre in the United States. One important musical, v