The rise and fall of the Broadway musical / by Grant, Mark N., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm and how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of broadway -- Wagging the musical : how choreographer-directors coopted a writer's medium.…”

Broadway musicals : the 101 greatest shows of all time / by Bloom, Ken, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Pal Joey -- Peter Pan -- Phantom of the Opera -- Flops, part 2 -- Porgy and Bess -- Promises, Promises -- Ragtime -- The Red Mill -- Rose-Marie -- T & A, part 2 -- Sally -- 1776 -- She Loves Me -- Show Boat -- Shuffle Along -- The Sound of Music -- South Pacific -- The Student Prince in Heidelberg -- Off Broadway, part 2 -- Sweeney Todd -- Sweet Charity -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- West Side Story -- Great scores from so-so shows, part 2 -- Wonderful Town -- Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 -- Zorba.…”

The book of Broadway : the 150 definitive plays and musicals / by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…-- On the town -- Our town -- Pal Joey -- The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade -- Peter pan (play) -- The phantom of the opera -- The Philadelphia story -- Picnic -- Pippin -- The pirates of Penzance -- The playboy of the western world -- Porgy and Bess -- Private lives -- The producers -- Promises, promises -- Pygmalion -- Ragtime -- A raisin in the sun -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead -- 1776 -- She loves me -- Show boat -- The show-off -- Shuffle along -- Six degrees of separation -- The skin of our teeth -- Sleuth -- The sound of music -- South Pacific -- Spring awakening -- A streetcar named desire -- The student prince in Heidelberg -- Sweeney Todd -- The time of your life -- Tobacco road -- Torch song triology -- A trip to Chinatown -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Very good Eddie -- Waiting for Godot -- Waiting for Lefty -- Watch your step -- West Side story -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? …”
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Broadway, the American musical.

Woodstock : 3 days of peace & music /

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The Book of Broadway / by Grode, Eric

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