Broadway Musicals, Show-by-Show (Applause Books) - Softcover

This updated edition of one of the bestselling and most comprehensive Broadway reference books, first published in 1985, has been expanded to include many of the most important and memorable productions of American musical theatre, including revivals. Chronologically arranged, beginning with The Black Crook in 1866, the eighth edition adds new entries and photos on numerous musicals from recent years, including Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; The Book of Mormon; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; Once; Newsies: The Musical; Annie (revival); Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella; Kinky Boots; A Night with Janis Joplin; and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Broadway Musicals, Show-by-Show features a wealth of statistics and inside information, plus critical reception, cast lists, pithy commentary about each show, and numerous detailed indexes that no Broadway fan will want to be without.

STANLEY GREEN was a historian of American musical theatre, devoting many years to lecturing and writing on the subject. In 1967, Green wrote A Salute to the American Musical Theatre for the Manhattan School of Music, which was performed at the White House. He was the author of The World of Musical Comedy and The Encyclopedia of Musical Comedy, among other well-loved books. CARY GINELL is an award-winning author and music historian. He has written five books on American music and annotated dozens of CD reissues in theatre, jazz, folk, and popular music, and has produced and annotated dozens of songbooks in the fields of musical theatre and standards. He has earned a Grammy nomination, and is a four-time winner of the ARSC Award for Excellence in Music Journalism.