American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle
- ISBN-10
- 0199729700
- ISBN-13
- 9780199729708
- Category
- Musicals
- Pages
- 1017
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- Gerald Martin Bordman, Richard Norton, Gerald Bordman
Description
Covers more than 250 years of musical theatre in the United States, from a 1735 South Carolina production of Flora to The Addams Family in 2010.
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