Theatre and Speech

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.

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.

Covers the most productive people and the most produced works of musical theatre throughout most of the world for the last 150 years.

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.

A thorough history of musical theatre in America from 1866 to 2010.

A comprehensive survey of popular American musical theatre from 1850 to 2001, with coverage of selected productions from 1750 to 1850.

A combination history, guide, fact book, and photo album of the most memorable musical theatre productions from 1866-2008.

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.

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.

An encyclopedia of nearly 500 musical productions, with plot summaries and analysis.