Theatre

Find here entries for people and musical show titles. This can be helpful to check for information about which singers are associated with which musicals and for some information on behind-the-scenes artists (i.e., costume designers, producers, etc.).

This contains entries for musical stage works by, about or involving African Americans, with a history of each show, credits and a brief bibliography where possible. This also provides a very useful name index.

These 3 volumes provide a most thorough treatment of musical theatre people and shows including operettas, burlesques and zarzuelas. This also contains short bibliographies and lengthy works lists of authors and composers. The 1st edition is available to check out in Ablah Library, 2nd floor.

This contains essays on the most important and compelling issues and topics in the growing, interdisciplinary field of musical-theater and film-musical studies. Taking the form of a "keywords" book, it introduces readers to the concepts and terms that define the history of the musical as a genre and that offer ways to reflect on the specific creative choices that shape musicals and their performance on stage and screen.

The central portion of this book provides short descriptive entries about songs from musical films. Notably helpful are sections providing alternate song titles, a listing of famous musical film songs from other sources, a list of films with the songs they contain and a general index.

For biographical information on Afro-American and African musicians in a wide variety of music occupations throughout history. With brief but useful bibliographies.

This title provides brief biographical information on American songwriters and listings of their songs.

This provides biographical information on women songwriters in various genres, but has a chapter specific to musical theatre.

This reference book covers the work, innovations, successes, and failures of major Broadway composers.
Listings include essential production data an statistics, the most extensive information available on published and recorded songs, and lively commentary on the shows, songs, and diverse careers. Based on meticulous research, the book also uncovers dozens of lost musicals-including shows that either closed out of town or were never headed for Broadway-and catalogs hundreds of previously unknown songs, including a number of musical gems that have been misplaced, cut, or forgotten. Informative, insightful, and provocative, Show Tunes is an essential guide for anyone interested in the American musical. Use the indexes to songs, shows and people. The appendices provide a chronology, a listing of collaborators and a bibliography. Earlier editions are located in Ablah Library, 2nd floor.

Covering the late nineteenth century through 1983, and in 2 sections, this work lists songs by title and shows with their songs. It also provides composer/lyricist credits, the date the show opened, and indices by composer, lyricist and author.

Find here musicals arranged by decade and composer, with entries of basic information about the show, cast lists, songs, and with an index by show title.

Arranged chronologically, each show entry provides credits, cast and notes on the history and significance of the work. This also contains indices by show, people, and theaters. This is the latest edition. Earlier editions are located in on the 2nd floor of Ablah Library.

Whose singing voice was substituted for Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn ? What movie was the first to combine live action with animated cartoon characters? What movie did Marlon Brando first sing in? Find out here. This book provides a world of information and facts about more that 300 movie musicals. Each entry includes the screenplay writer, producer, director, choreographer, cast list, song list, release date, plot summary, and interesting notes surrounding the production, cast, and spin-offs that the movie inspired. Hollywood Musicals Year by Year also contains many photographs of memorable moments in celluloid history.

Here in an authoritative history of musical theatre, with summaries on the general artistic trends and developments for each season on musical comedy, operetta, revues, and the one-man and one-woman shows from the first musical to the 1999/2000 season. This work is accessible primarily through its indexes to shows, songs and people.

These 3 volumes cover 1750-2001, listing productions in chronological order by season. Use this as a companion to "American Musical Theatre" (Bordman) listed above. Contains indicies for shows, songs and people.