American musical theatre : a chronicle /

The new edition of the leading survey of the American musical has been expanded and updated to cover the 1999-2000 season. Covering more than 250 years o musical theater history, the new edition of the book Newsweek called "the best reference of its kind" is an ummatched blend of narrative...

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Main Author: Bordman, Gerald Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Edition:3rd ed.
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