Pt. I: Europe. Britain / John Mundy -- France / Kelley Conway -- Germany / Antje Ascheid -- Portugal / Lisa Shaw -- Spain / Inmaculada Sanchez Alarcon -- Italy / Alex Marlow-Mann -- Greece / Lydia Papadimitriou -- Soviet Union / Richard Taylor -- Pt. II: Latin America. Mexico / Ana M. Lopez -- Brazil / Joao Luis Vieira -- Pt. III: Asia. Japan / Aaron Gerow -- China / Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh -- India / Michael Lawrence -- Pt. IV: The Middle East. Egypt / Linda Y. Mokdad -- Turkey / Nezih Erdogan -- Pt. V: Hollywood and the world. The post-modern transnational film musical / Bjorn Norfjor -- Coda : the musical as international genre: reading notes / Rick Altman.