| 1. A Chorus Line |
 | The Complete Book of the Musical. It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and poignant death, ... more info |
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| 2. At This Theatre |
 | This is the ultimate backstage tour of Broadway! AT THIS THEATRE tells the complete history of Broadway in the 20th century, theatre by theatre. This gorgeous book is now updated, revised and with a larger format, covering 1900 to 2001. more info |
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| 3. OK! The Story Of Oklahoma! |
 | Oklahoma! opened nearly sixty years ago and instantly made musical theatre history. It was a daring ahead-of-its-time piece of dazzlingly inventive theatre that exploded every myth about what constitutes a successful musical. more info |
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| 4. The Musical |
 | This revised and expanded edition of Kislan's acclaimed study of America's musical theater includes a new section on Recent Musical Theater: Issues and Problems. The ancient union of drama and song, known as musical theater, comes in many forms - vaudeville, ... more info |
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| 5. New Broadways |
 | In 1950, the terms American theatre and Broadway were virtually synonymous. As the new century begins, Broadway is only a small part of a vital, creative, and varied national theatrical scene. more info |
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| 6. Curtain Times - The New York Theater 1965-1987 |
 | Curtain Times is a uniquely comprehensive, uniquely detailed and uniquely contemporaneous history of the New York theater in the seasons from 1964-65 up to 1987. This is a collection of more than two decades of annual critical surveys (originally published ... more info |
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| 7. The Collected Works Of Harold Clurman |
 | For six decades, Harold Clurman illuminated our artistic, social, and political awareness in thousands of reviews, essays, and lectures. His work appeared indefatigably in The Nation, The New Republic, The London Observer, The New York Times, Harper's, ... more info |
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| 8. Diary of a Mad Playwright |
 | Kirkwood, the co-writer of the book of the great musical A Chorus Line, also wrote the stage play Legends, for which Carol Channing and Mary Martin embarked on a nationwide, bound-for-Broadway tour. This book chronicles the slow disintigration of the ... more info |
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| 9. Conversations With Miller |
 | CONVERSATIONS WITH MILLER offers a personal and revealing account of one of the major playwrights of our time. Arthur Miller is revealed in deep and candid conversation with the highly regarded dramatic critic, Mel Gussow. more info |
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| 10. Inside The Plaza |
 | From Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald cavorting in the Pulitzer Fountain to Ivana Trump patrolling the halls to inspect the rooms, this is the Plaza Hotel as no one has ever seen it, or been permitted to see it. more info |
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| 11. The Right Time, The Right Place |
 | Pull up a ringside seat to the exultant pageant of New York's night life, commerce and scoiety, from the Cotton Club to Wall Street to Broadway. Charles Wohlsetter was a young acolyte to George Gershwin, Bernard Baruch, Abe Burrows, J. more info |
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| 12. New York Theatre Walks |
 | $16.95Applause Books. Book. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.00314673) |
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| 13. The Impossible Musical |
 | Man of La Mancha is arguably the most popular musical drama of all time, most recently on Broadway starring Brian Stokes Mitchell. Dale Wasserman, however, had more trouble getting it on to a Broadway stage than Don Quixote ever had with those damn windmills. more info |
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| 14. Ever After |
 | Ever After is more than a detailed show-by-show history of the last quarter century in American musical theater. It explains how the storied Broadway tradition in many cases went so very wrong. Singer takes the reader behind the scenes for an unparalleled ... more info |
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| 15. The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks |
 | Frequently called the Miracle on Sullivan Street (in New York's Greenwich Village), The Fantasticks has been the most-often performed musical around the world, setting more national and international longevity records than any musical in theater history. more info |
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| 16. Second Act Trouble |
 | Beautiful and intelligent. A rich source of information not easily obtained elsewhere, the book will valuably augment any theatre collection. - Booklist review of Suskin's A Must See! . . . a producer shutters his show despite a million-dollar advance, ... more info |
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| 17. Making It Big |
 | Long-time theatre writer and Los Angeles Times correspondent Barbara Isenberg received rare access to every aspect of the creative process and the financial planning that went into Big...The Musical. Marvelous. Barbara Isenberg's precise and perceptive ... more info |
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| 18. Everything Was Possible: The Birth Of The Musical, Follies |
 | In 1971, college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the creation of one of the greatest Broadway musicals, Follies. Needing college credit to graduate on time, he kept a journal of everything he saw and heard ... more info |
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| 19. On the Line - The Creation of A Chorus Line |
 | A Chorus Line, the biggest Broadway hit of its generation, is returning to Times Square in a major fall 2006 revival. The show is based on a remarkable series of taped discussions made in the mid 1970s with some of the top gypsies (veteran Broadway dancers), ... more info |
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| 20. The Great American Book Musical |
 | I'm trying to leave a record of the technique, to create a blueprint for an ancient art. - Denny Martin Flinn Devoted theatergoers fondly remember Broadway's Golden Age - when musical theatre reached its apex and creativity was infused into every time ... more info |
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