An introduction to movie musicals in the golden age of Hollywood and the directors that brought t...

The first encyclopedia of theatre songs from Broadway shows ranging from The Black Crook (1866) t...

This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, ...

This book describes and discusses over 900 of the most famous and not-so-famous songs from Disney...

In addition to the handful of composers known to the general public, this book brings recognition...

Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley-the colloquial name assigned to popular music be...

In The Mikado to Matilda: British Musicals on the New York Stage, Thomas Hischak provides an over...

This encyclopedic reference to the American movie musical identifies and describes the musicals a...

This companion volume to Enter the Players: New York Stage Actors in the 20th Century explores th...

As a concise study of the American theatre, this work explores the past and present by looking at...

This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney anim...

100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American, non-musical plays. Arra...

This book is a day-by-day chronicle of 1939 Hollywood's greatest year. Each entry will focus on m...

The 25 plays in this collection are short theatrical pieces that aim to bring to life moments in ...

As the popularity of film grew and audiences demanded longer stories, Hollywood began borrowing p...

Throughout the ages, men and women have gone beyond what was only previously observed to discover...

This book is about the transition that musicals went through when they traveled from the stage to...

This book engages students-particularly those who may not be very familiar with many plays-in the...

Still the most influential and popular songwriting team in the history of the American Musical Th...

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American t...

This volume surveys the development of the American musical during the 20th century by focusing o...

What brings the past alive better than stories performed by live actors? The 25 plays in this col...

Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this ...

Animation has been a staple of the filmmaking process since the early days of cinema. Animated sh...

This reference work consists of entries on every film, television, stage, and literary work by Wo...

Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley-the colloquial name assigned to popular music be...

A one-stop, up-to-date source for information on the history of the American musical theatre, Sta...

In this volume, Thomas Hischak looks at more than 375 Off-Broadway productions, from the early de...

From January 1 to December 31 of 1927, the entries in this book cover every major news event-nati...

Throughout the ages, men and women have gone beyond what was only previously observed to discover...

This encyclopedia exhaustively covers Thornton Wilder, one of America's greatest writers. It feat...

A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the f...

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical is an engaging and authoritative reference for this ...

An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoret...

An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoret...

This bookdescribes and discusses over 900 songs from Disney films, television, Broadway, and them...

A lively and informative look at the careers, works, and characteristics of the major librettists...

An American adaptation of Richard Sheridan's, The Rivals.

This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott's name b...

Here is the story of Shankspeare - author of such theatre classics as Loins Labors Lost, King Por...

What links the popular songs 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Send in the Clowns', 'Memory' and 'I Am ...

What links the popular songs 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Send in the Clowns', 'Memory' and 'I Am ...