LibGuides: Theatre and Speech: Musical Theatre

Online Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak "Guide to songs from film musicals, arranged alphabetically by song title. Entries emphasize the context of the songs within the film. Also includes sections on Best Song Oscars, Oscar-Nominated Film Musicals, and Film Musicals."
Call Number: ML102 .M68 H57 1999 (reference)
American Musical Theater by James Leve
Call Number: ML1711 .L48 2016
The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia
Call Number: ML102 .M88 H59 1995
This encyclopedia provides extensive detail about individual songs from musicals, including the genre and topic of the song, it's purpose in the show, and the story behind its composition. Coverage extends from 1866-1994.
Encyclopaedia of the Musical Film
Call Number: PN1995.9 .M86G7
Includes plot outlines, songs including ones cut from the film, singers, actors, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers, and producers. Appendix includes Academy Awards, title changes, and movies with biographical subjects.
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre by Kurt Ganzl
Call Number: Ref ML102.M88 G3 1994
Covers the most productive people and the most produced works of musical theatre throughout most of the world for the last 150 years.
Stage It with Music by Thomas S. Hischak
Call Number: Reference - ML102.M88 H6 1993
A concise dictionary of the shows, series, genres, people, and places of musical theatre, with coverage from the genre’s nineteenth-century beginnings to 1993.

American Musical Theater by Gerald Bordman
Call Number: ML1711 .B67 2001
A thorough history of musical theatre in America from 1866 to 2010.
A Chronology of American Musical Theater by Richard C. Norton
Call Number: ML1711.8.N3 N67 (reference)
A comprehensive survey of popular American musical theatre from 1850 to 2001, with coverage of selected productions from 1750 to 1850.
Broadway Musicals, Show by Show by Stanley Green; Cary Ginell
Call Number: ML1711 .G735 2011
A combination history, guide, fact book, and photo album of the most memorable musical theatre productions from 1866-2008.
The Musical by Kurt Ganzl
Call Number: ML1700 .G322 1997

The World of Musical Comedy by Stanley Green
Call Number: ML1711 .G74 1974
Biographies of seventy prominent musical composers and lyricists. Includes a production history and discography for every musical involving a composer or lyricist profiled in the book.
Transposing Broadway: Jews, Assimilation, and the American Musical by Stuart J. Hecht
Call Number: ML1711 .H34 2011
Show Boat: performing race in an American musical by Todd R. Decker
Call Number: ML410 .K385 D43 2013

Ganzl's Book of Musical Theatre by Ganzl, Kurt
Call Number: MT95 .G2 1988 (reference)
Plot summaries and production histories for major musicals from Great Britain, France, the United States, Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Spain. Coverage from the 19th century to 1988.
New Complete Book of the American Musical Theater by David Ewen
Call Number: ML1711.E9
An encyclopedia of nearly 500 musical productions, with plot summaries and analysis.