American Musical Theater: A Chronicle
- ISBN-10
- 019513074X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195130744
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 917
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Gerald Bordman
Description
Provides season-by-season, show-by-show coverage of the American musical, from 1767 to the present, giving a plot synopsis, an idea of the physical production, and principal statistics for each show.
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