What links the popular songs "You’ll Never Walk Alone", "Send in the Clowns", "Memory" and "I Am What I Am"? They all or......more
Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre ......more
The Music Man stands as one of the greatest achievements in American musical theatre, but few know about its rocky begin......more
The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait ......more
The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait ......more
EROS!! Do your thing! It’s 1950s London, and Ferdy, Bernie, Dennis and Lennie arrive from the West Indies full of expect......more
A captivating account of an interracial jazz opera that took apartheid South Africa by storm and marked a turning point ......more
In 1969, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice decided to write a rock opera about Jesus Christ, they had little idea th......more
National Identity and the British Musical: From Blood Brothers to Cinderellaexamines the myths associated with national ......more
The shortest runs can have the longest legacies: for too long, scholarship surrounding British musical theatre has coale......more
What happens when Broadway goes abroad? Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad offers a look at how the Broad......more
From Oklahoma! and West Side Story, to Spring Awakening and Hamilton, dance remains one of the most important and key fa......more
There’s this unspoken thing right? I guess this resistance to admitting that someone else’s trauma can be traumatising. ......more
Many churchgoers will recognize the name William Bradbury, a nineteenth-century American composer of popular hymns still......more
Many churchgoers will recognize the name William Bradbury, a nineteenth-century American composer of popular hymns still......more
Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspiratio......more
With its groundbreaking score, unabashed romanticism, and scrappy sensibility, Rent was like a firecracker thrown into a......more
Most writers, composers, librettists, and music directors who make their careers in musical theatre do so without specif......more
Most writers, composers, librettists, and music directors who make their careers in musical theatre do so without specif......more
The British musical in its formative years has appeared in strikingly different guises: from the lasting hits of Oliver!......more
How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to......more
How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to......more
Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Leg......more
A fascinating look at the careers of some of Broadway’s greatest female performers in their own words In Here’s to the L......more
A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the frequently-produced darl......more
When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by W......more
Doing the Time Warp explores how song and dance - sites of aesthetic difference in the musical - can ’warp’ time and ena......more
In the book The Greatest Rock And Roll Band You Never Heard Of author Marcus Mason dives into the unknown and curious ta......more
20 Seasons: Broadway Musicals of the 21st Century catalogues, categorizes, and analyzes the 269 musicals that opened on ......more
20 Seasons: Broadway Musicals of the 21st Century catalogues, categorizes, and analyzes the 269 musicals that opened on ......more
How did L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, create the stage show called The Tik-Tok Man of Oz? How......more
The complete musical score for The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, intended to accompany the performance script. Included are all 26 ......more
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyric......more
Experience the magic of one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals. Set in ancient Greece, The Golden Apple combines classi......more
Experience the magic of one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals. Set in ancient Greece, The Golden Apple combines classi......more
Alice in Wonderland the Musical is an original Off-Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Brenda Bell and music by Mic......more
This book is a comprehensive guide to the performers, producers, and playwrights associated with the Lyceum Theatre in L......more
This classic musical comedy follows the romantic misadventures of a group of café patrons in Paris. With catchy tunes, w......more
This classic musical comedy follows the romantic misadventures of a group of café patrons in Paris. With catchy tunes, w......more
This book is a comprehensive guide to the performers, producers, and playwrights associated with the Lyceum Theatre in L......more
The official behind-the-scenes companion to the stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future; includes the complete ly......more
Milestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its ea......more
Milestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its ea......more
2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical! NEW JERSEY, 1999. Kimberly is about to turn sixteen and has recently moved with......more
The first study to explore the crucial influence of Kurt Weill on operas and musicals by Marc Blitzstein and Leonard Ber......more
Historical Dictionary of Vaudeville contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and the dictionar......more
A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on ......more
We’d like to propose a toast...to Broadway! Learn the spirited history of drinking on stage (and off) and how to make co......more
This book offers a series of essays that show the integrated role that musical structure (including harmony, melody, rhy......more
The Front Lawn is a multi-award-winning, much-loved New Zealand duo-turned-trio made up of Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair......more
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with George ......more
The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen’s Respect......more
"One of the most joyous and clear-eyed approaches to playing a character that I have ever read...I was already in awe of......more
The politics of Broadway musicals matter a great deal more to U.S. American culture than they appear to mean, and they a......more
The politics of Broadway musicals matter a great deal more to U.S. American culture than they appear to mean, and they a......more
Stephen Sondheim is one of the best-known and most-loved musical theatre composers, but also one of the most misundersto......more
Discover what goes on behind the curtains of your favorite musical Do you want to know more about the fascinating histor......more
Hollywood’s conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of......more
Hollywood’s conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of......more
Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as dr......more
Hollywood’s conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical following the immense success of ......more
How to Be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business empowers theatre professionals to take hold of their own career and ......more
This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott’s name became synonymous with t......more
A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American cultu......more
Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance, music, and theatre scholars and practitio......more
A story about Lita Jackson who loses her eyesight through an accident at home but when her grandmother dies she attends ......more
"Brazenly entertaining. . . . It summons to the page a Broadway voice like no other."--Los Angeles Times "[An] erudite a......more
SIGN OF LIFE is a stage play in two acts. This dark comedy is a story of unlikely, yet lasting friendships; of loss and ......more
Carefully Taught looks at American history as depicted in forty Broadway musicals. Presented chronologically according t......more
Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They......more
Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They......more
Although Noël Coward’s work as playwright, songwriter and actor has long been celebrated, his contributions to the Briti......more
Mark Cabaniss brings to life the rocky origins of this timeless show, the music behind it, and the against-all-odds succ......more
Manny Azenberg has produced shows on Broadway since 1966. He produced sixty five plays and musicals, earned twenty five ......more
How many hit musicals are based on films that were shot in two days at a budget of $30,000? The answer is one: Little Sh......more
Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights,......more
Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights,......more
What does a musical theatre choreographer actually do? They just ’make up the steps’, right? This book firstly debunks t......more
What does a musical theatre choreographer actually do? They just ’make up the steps’, right? The Art and Practice of Mus......more
Must the show always go on? How do you feel about blind casting? What one piece of theatrical memorabilia would you most......more
National Identity and the British Musical: From Blood Brothers to Cinderellaexamines the myths associated with national ......more
This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving......more
Plays Worth Remembering is a two-volume set of 14 plays and two silent film screenplays by celebrated turn-of-the-20th c......more
This book examines in detail every Broadway musical which opened during the 1900s. It includes cast and credits, plot, c......more
This is a comprehensive guide to the unique genre of the jukebox musical, delving into its history to explain why these ......more
This is a comprehensive guide to the unique genre of the jukebox musical, delving into its history to explain why these ......more
Broadway vocal coach, voice teacher, and researcher Amanda Flynn provides the skills singers need to successfully sing m......more
Broadway vocal coach, voice teacher, and researcher Amanda Flynn provides the skills singers need to successfully sing m......more
’The Hamilton Phenomenon’ brings together a diverse group of scholars including university professors and librarians, ed......more
"Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical rave......more
This book is a biography/autoethnography written by the protagonists’ daughter, relates the life and performing stages o......more
IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC, RON BAKER HAD ALREADY BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS, performing over sixty lead roles in op......more
IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC, RON BAKER HAD ALREADY BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS, performing over sixty lead roles in op......more
The incredible, true story of the twentieth century’s greatest performing sea lion and the man who trained him....more
This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in......more
This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in......more
Musical Director and arranger David Loud, a legendary Broadway talent, recounts his wildly entertaining and deeply poign......more
From Broadway to Hollywood MICHAEL B. DRUXMAN Combining as it does the elements of drama, comedy, music, dance, photogra......more
From Broadway to Hollywood MICHAEL B. DRUXMAN Combining as it does the elements of drama, comedy, music, dance, photogra......more