Finally in paperback, this info-and photo-packed celebration of Broadway has been thoroughly updated to include new shows, new features, and new comments from Broadway's celebrated leading ladies. The rich history of Broadway—from the beloved classics of each decade to the most popular recent hits—are showcased here in colorful chapters that include authoritative commentary, features on the creators and performers, and more. The list of the 101 best has been reevaluated by the authors for this edition, and new shows include Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Grease, Grey Gardens, Sunday in the Park with George, and Wicked.

Describes one hundred and one of the most influential, popular, and enduring sitcoms, discussing their actors, creators, plots, running length, and appeal.

Product Description: The Routledge Guide to Broadway is the second title in our new student reference series. It will introduce the student to the Broadway theater, focusing on key performers, writers, directors, plays, and musicals, along with the theaters themselves, key awards, and the folklore of Broadway...read more

Presents an overview of twentieth century popular music, documenting the careers of singers, composers, and lyricists from the 1920s through the 1960s, and the big bands and Broadway musicals that characterized the era.

Covers the history of Broadway along with information on the composers, playwrights, directors, performers, producers, and theaters.

The Broadway composer and lyricis who created both Hello, Dolly and Mame shares his lyrics from forty years in the theater, as well as his personal reminiscences and comments on his own work, accompanied by a CD featuring Michael Feinstein singing a selection of Herman's classics.

Product Description: This follow-up set to American Song, Vols. 1 and 2 explores the work of major pop songwriters from Tin Pan Alley not included either in a Broadway show or film from the period 1880 to today. This carefully researched encyclopedia covers 125 composers with hundreds of entries on each...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Book by Bloom, Ken

Product Description: Times Square is the entertainment hub of the American nation and this book aims to capture the essence of the whole Broadway scene. Organized in an A-Z format, its entries range over lobster palaces, performers, gangsters, famous personalities (Astaire and Berlin) and the theatres themselves...read more