American Musical Theatre - MUS 203 - Reynolds

Part of Oxford Music Online, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music provides a variety of information about Broadway musicals. Try searching by musical name, writer(s), performers, or themes.

Musicals in this encyclopedia: Oklahoma!, West Side Story, The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Miss Saigon

"This A to Z resource covers Broadway's producers, writers, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers, and landmarks, providing a comprehensive history of the Great White Way. With both current and vintage black-and-white photographs of people and places, it is an ideal resource for students of theater history and Broadway buffs alike."

Covering every major production containing music, this revised guide to the American musical theatre includes details of over 1000 additional shows. In all, the details on 4300 productions, from vaudeville, operetta, nightclub revues, and the Follies to the emergence of the modern musical theatre are featured.

A lot has happened in the musical theatre over the last ten years. New shows have opened and closed, new talents have emerged, and hit shows have made triumphant returns to Broadway. Now, the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre -- a 1994 Dartmouth Medal honorable mention -- has been fully revised and updated to document such developments with 500 new articles, more than 4,000 revised articles and dozens of color photos.