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The 19 pages that link to American musical theatre, each with the reason it gives.

• Leonard BernsteinNarrower topic: Bernstein's Broadway works belong to a tradition he helped expand with sophisticated musical writing.

• Oscar Hammerstein IINarrower topic: His collaborations with Rodgers helped shape its mid-century repertoire and storytelling conventions.

• Great American SongbookNarrower topic: Broadway shows supplied many of the canon’s enduring songs.

• George S. KaufmanNarrower topic: Kaufman helped broaden the musical’s possibilities through political satire and comic structure.

• Off-BroadwayNarrower topic: Off-Broadway has helped develop musicals that later reshape the broader American form.

• George M. CohanNarrower topic: Cohan helped move the form toward distinctly American stories, rhythms, and comic performance.

• American theatreBroader topic: The musical became one of American theatre's most influential and internationally recognized forms.

• Lin-Manuel MirandaNarrower topic: His work reshapes this tradition while drawing on its established forms.

• Kurt WeillNarrower topic: Weill’s Broadway works brought a European composer’s theatrical experience into this tradition.

• Ira GershwinNarrower topic: Ira’s Broadway work helped define the lyric style and song repertory of twentieth-century American musical theater.

• Off-Off-BroadwayNarrower topic: Off-Off-Broadway has supported musicals too intimate, unusual, or risky for larger commercial stages.

• Cole PorterNarrower topic: Porter wrote shows that helped define Broadway’s musical-comedy tradition.

• Jerry HermanNarrower topic: Herman’s career became a lasting part of this tradition’s mid-century Broadway canon.

• John KanderNarrower topic: Kander’s songs and scores belong to a Broadway tradition where music advances character and action.

• Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.Narrower topic: Ziegfeld’s revues helped shape the broader American tradition of musical theater.

• Adolph GreenNarrower topic: Green’s long career belongs to the development of this distinctly American stage tradition.

• Gwen VerdonNarrower topic: Her performances helped establish dance-centered characterization as a force in the tradition.

• Morrie RyskindNarrower topic: Ryskind’s librettos helped advance topical satire within the Broadway musical.

• Barbara CookNarrower topic: Cook’s career developed within this form, from original roles to concert interpretation.