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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors About the Companion Website Introduction 1. Loud, Pretty, Strong, White [Repeat]: The Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Operettas at MGM (1935-1942) 2. 'Is this the right material, girl?': How Madonna Makes Us Like Eva, but Not Necessarily Evita 3. Brigadoon and its Transition to MGM Dance Musical: Adapting a Stage Show for Star Dancers 4. 'I'm Once Again the Previous Me': Performance and Stardom in the Barbra Streisand Stage-to-Screen Adaptations 5. Lost in Translation: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel on the Silver Screen 6. Carol Burnett and the Ends of Variety: Parody, Nostalgia, and Analysis of the American Musical 7. Flamboyance, Exuberance, and Schmaltz: Half a Sixpence and the Broadway Adaptation in 1960s Hollywood 8. The Producers and Hairspray: The Hazards and Rewards of Recursive Adaptation 9. Rescoring Anything Goes in 1930s Hollywood Select Bibliography Index
