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Theater and Dance: Musical Theater

A guide to the Academy's Library's collection of reference sources covering topics related to theater.

Reference Sources

A Chronology of American Musical Theater by Richard C. Norton
ISBN: 9780195088885
Publication Date: 2002-06-06
Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical by William A. Everett; Paul R. Laird
ISBN: 9780810860544
Publication Date: 2016
Broadway : an encyclopedia of theater and American culture by Thomas A. Greenfield (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313342646
Publication Date: 2009-12-23
Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004 by John Stewart; Hal Prince (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780786422449
Publication Date: 2005-12-08
The World of Musicals : an encyclopedia of stage, screen, and song by Mark A. Robinson
ISBN: 9781440800962
Publication Date: 2014-04-17

Streaming Media

Theatre Performance and Design Collection
Digital platform combining video content types used in theatre education (filmed stage performances, master classes, documentaries, and training material) with previously unpublished production designs, reference texts, and other teaching tools.

Books

Beyond Broadway : the pleasure and promise of musical theatre across America by Stacy Wolf
ISBN: 9780190639525
Publication Date: 2019-12-23
Pick a Pocket or Two : a history of British musical theatre by Ethan Mordden
ISBN: 9780190877958
Publication Date: 2021-09-01
Broadway to Main Street : how show tunes enchanted America by Laurence Maslon
ISBN: 9780199832538
Publication Date: 2018-08-31
Singular Sensation : the triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel
ISBN: 9781501166631
Publication Date: 2020-11-10
Showtime : a history of the Broadway musical theater by Larry Stempel
ISBN: 9780393929065
Publication Date: 2011-02-03
The Great White Way : race and the Broadway musical by Warren Hoffman
ISBN: 9780813563367
Publication Date: 2014-02-18

Magazines & Journals

Playbill.com
Comprehensive site featuring news and other information on Broadway musical productions.

Scores and Sheet Music

Musicals -- vocal scores with piano
Click here to browse the Music Library's collection of musical scores.
Naxos Sheet Music Library: Showtunes
Click here to browse and search for songs from the musical theater repertoire, available digitally through Naxos Sheet Music Library.

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