51.   Two months, one Pulitzer Prize and acres of magazine and newspaper pages later, the waiflike hopes of the American musical are living in fancier digs.

52.   Today, of course, the American musical has tamed its vaudeville spirit, and the theater in general deals freely with social issues.

53.   Smithsonian displays the American musical.

54.   Throw them all into the melting pot and you get an American musical.