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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

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

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

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

This new collection brings together the romance, love, and lust encompassing the musical genre. Established and emergent......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

From Oklahoma! and West Side Story, to Spring Awakening and Hamilton, dance remains one of the most important and key fa......more

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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

One of Oprah’s Favorite Things of 2023 Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece The Colo......more

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece The Color Purple--as well as the acclaimed 1985......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

Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Leg......more

Kirtan is a broad term referring to various forms of devotional singing commonly done in South Asian traditions. It is a......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

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 Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyric......more

Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience members, Out For Blood piec......more

Featuring contributions from over eighty original cast members, creatives, crew and audience members, Out For Blood piec......more

Hip-Hop culture’s explosive arrival on the art scene of New York in the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx in the 1970s be......more

While most discussions of race in American theater emphasize the representation of race mainly in terms of character, pl......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 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

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

From her carefree Essex childhood through to hitting the big time in the nineties and beyond, here Denise shares her inc......more

Based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, Hamilton 2024 Wall Calendar is a celebration of the most popular theatri......more

For decades, British stage musicals struggled to compete against the dazzling Broadway productions that came roaring in ......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

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

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

"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

Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as dr......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

This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott’s name became synonymous with t......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

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In Magic to Do, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Pippin’s opening, two-time Pulitzer Prize jury member Elysa Gar......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