The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945

Provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre since the end of World War II.

Introduction Julia Listengarten and Stephen Di Benedetto; Part I. Commercial and Mainstream Theatre: 1. Broadway post-1945 to 1960: shifting perspectives Susan C. W. Abbotson; 2. Bridging the gap: Broadway and the experimental from the 1960s to 2020 Cindy Rosenthal; 3. What's inside? Collaborative relationships at the heart of the American musical Laura MacDonald; 4. Shaping Broadway and off-Broadway plays through collaborations: playwrights, directors, designers, and companies Jessica Silsby Brater; Part II. Regional Theatre Movement: 5. Money matters: dismantling the narrative of the rise of regional theatre Elizabeth A. Osborne; 6. When and where they enter: black and brown voices in American theatre Faedra Chatard Carpenter; 7. El jardín mágico: commissions, collaboration, and new play development in American regional theatre David A. Crespy; Part III. Experimental Theatre and Other Forms of Entertainment: 9. Post-avant-garde theatre Arnold Aronson; 10. Populist provocations and commercial cavalcades: popular entertainments and the rise of mass mediated performance Chase Bringardner.