Looking at the Broadway musical from the perspective of the Cinderella story or from rages to riches provides useful insights into how the musicals reflected the times in which they were written as well as the changing role of women The book covers thirty years from 1929 to 1959, from Irene to Gypsy Along the way, the author looks at the story of the sleeping prince as in Bells Are Ringing There is the dichotomy between the hard working girl and the gold digger Women in the chorus lines of Ziegf [...]