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Explore profiles of more than 100 individuals whose artistic contributions gave rise to and established the global popularity of the Broadway musical.
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The matchless entertainers who enthralled audiences eight nights a week.
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The power brokers and taskmasters behind the scenes.
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The tunesmiths whose words and music are part of the American vernacular.
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The visual artists who design the sets, and the doyens of the theater.
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photo credits: Photofest, Martha Swope, the Cole Porter Trust, and Paul Kolnik
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"The Black Crook" is considered the first musical.
Yip Harburg and Ira Gershwin were school mates.
"Oklahoma!" was first called "Away We Go!".
Broadway attendance in 2004-05: 12 million people.
Performer John Raitt died on February 20, 2005.
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