“This book, the first scholarly consideration of Weill’s complete output of stage works, is without doubt the most important critical study of the composer�

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many countries have d

"[This book is] a comprehensive illustrated history of the U.S. musical from its colonial origins to the present, tracing the connections and influences of the

With chapters on The Sound of Music, Milk and Honey, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, The Rothschilds, Rags, Ragtime and The Producers, this book examines both dir