In the cutthroat world of theatre, actors need all the help they can get to have a #legup on the competition. This essen......more
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We see Bob Fosse s legacy everywhere--from Broadway to Billy Jean to Beyonce s moves in the Single Ladies video. Yet......more
We see Bob Fosse s legacy everywhere-from Broadway to Billy Jean to Beyonce s moves in the Single Ladies video. Yet in s......more
Do you wish you were in the audience during Barbra Streisand s final performance of Funny Girl on Broadway? Do you wonde......more
Hers is the show business saga you think you already know--but you ain t seen nothin yet. Rose Thompson Hovick, mother ......more
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After six volumes on the musical’s history, decade by decade from the 1920s through the 1970s, Ethan Mordden takes an en......more
Taking the format of a school yearbook, the ninth edition of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook is packed with photos (more ......more
In fourteen years of collaboration, composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick wrote seven of Broadway’s most belo......more
"A deeply sympathetic biography of Lorenz Hart, the talented, troubled lyricist of film and Broadway fame. Marmorstein h......more
(Book). Celebrating its 68th year, Theatre World remains the definitive annual record of the American theater the most c......more
Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film compose......more
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The American Musical: History & Development traces the origins of music theatre from its 18th century European roots to ......more
(Applause Libretto Library). Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes. Conceived by Lin-Manu......more
The popularity of musicals has reached an all-time high leading to the development of numerous original shows. In this c......more
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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "South Pacific" has remained a mainstay of the America......more
- An important and useful skill: In education, collaborative classroom learning is replacing head-to-head competition. I......more
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From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided th......more
From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided th......more
This invaluable inside account, written by a writer and director of many successful musicals, is jam-packed with great a......more
Celebrated actress Ruthie Henshall has starred on Broadway and the West End in Chicago, Les Mis rables, Cats, and Oliver......more
The best musical of this century. Heaven on Broadway. The Book of Mormon achieves something like a miracle. --Ben Brant......more
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A history and re-evaluation of the American musical in London between 1945 and 1972, a unique panoramic essay on British......more
Over the last century the New York Times s six leading critics--Brooks Atkinson, Howard Taubman, Clive Barnes, Walter Ke......more
What is it that makes women in trousers so appealing? A provocative, flirtatious, personal one-woman guide through music......more
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Libretto and Lyrics ERICA KLEIN recently graduated high school and attends her mother s BIG EXCELLENT 20TH REUNION to de......more
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Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in......more
Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in......more
Founded in the hot-spring resort town of the same name in 1914, Takarazuka is a kaleidoscopic medium, both in terms of i......more
Now in its 67th year, Theatre World is the most comprehensive record of the theatrical season-Broadway, Off-Broadway, an......more
In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill’s complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrica......more
From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin’s songs have long accompanied Americans a......more
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Mr. Broadway was completed just one month before Gerald Schoenfeld’s death in 2008 at the age of 84. Bringing the reader......more
In February 1999, Steven Sater conceived the radical notion of creating a rock musical from Frank Wedekind’s notorious S......more
James Kirkwood is the forgotten man of American letters In 1975, he had two shows playing on Broadway, while his latest ......more
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Over the last hundred years, musical theatre artists - from Berlin to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim - have develop......more
Brilliant. -Newsweek Intoxicating Sondheim s achingly introspective score ranks among the most sublime he s ever writt......more
The first and only full-scale and definitive biography of the most important composer-lyricist in musical theater today.......more
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B&W photos throughout with one color insert...more
(Music On Filments). In the summer of 1978, Grease was the word. On Friday, June 16, 1978, the movie musical made a majo......more
(Applause Books). Every year, Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, ......more
Many of the people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences: photos, signed posters, ticket stubs, and,......more
Visit KURVES, TEXAS and fall in love with eight quirky characters of Maxine’s Gym - you know people like this (or wish y......more
This PIANO-VOCAL SCORE contains the rehearsal music and lyrics for the entire show. This two-act 2 hour musical comedy f......more
(Applause Libretto Library). One of the most frequently produced new musicals of the last decade, 13 is a rollicking mus......more
The only official companion book to the Tony Award winner for Best Musical from the creators of South Park and the co-cr......more
SOMETHING’S COMING SOMETHING GOOD: THE ROMANCE AND RESONANCE OF WEST SIDE STORY...more
Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs......more
Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs......more
In this entertaining new title, Ruth Leon tells all about the composers, the lyricists, the directors, and the pioneers ......more
A handy and engaging chronicle, this book is the most detailed production history to date of the original Broadway versi......more
A handy and engaging chronicle, this book is the most detailed production history to date of the original Broadway versi......more
An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over th......more
MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL: THE COMPLETE BOOK AND LYRICS...more
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From Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern to Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken and Tony Kushner, Jewish performers, co......more
In this volume, Thomas Hischak looks at more than 375 Off-Broadway productions, from the early decades of the 20th centu......more
Beginning with the scandalous Astor Place Opera House riot of 1849, Stempel traces the growth of musicals from minstrel ......more
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Hailed as "absolutely the best reference book on its subject" by Newsweek, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle covers ......more
In fourteen years of collaboration, composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick wrote seven of Broadway’s most belo......more
This work, a companion to the author’s Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway an......more
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A fully updated edition of the acclaimed and bestselling Broadway Musicals, now featuring an expanded off-Broadway secti......more
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Hairspray (978-1-5578-3514-7); Rent (978-1-5578-3737-0); Fiddler on the Roof (978-0-8791-0136-7)...more
A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio s......more
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(Vocal Score). Sondheim s 1973 hit show A Little Night Music is currently enjoying a successful revival on Broadway. The......more
Showtime brings the history of Broadway musicals to life in a narrative as engaging as the subject itself. Beginning wit......more
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "South Pacific" has remained a mainstay of the America......more
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