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This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world.Each entry summarises a show, including a full synopsis, discussion of the creators' process, show's critical reception, and its impact on the landscape of musical theater.This is the ideal primer for students of musical theater - its performance, history, and place in the modern theatrical world - as well as fans and lovers of musicals.
List of contents
1. The Black Crook by Sebastian Trainor
2. HMS Pinafore by Richard and Rupert Holmes
3. The Merry Widow by Andrew Child
4. Shuffle Along by Jerrell L. Henderson
5. Show Boat by Benjamin Nissen
6. Of Thee I Sing by Laura Frankos
7. Anything Goes by Scott Miller
8. Porgy and Bess by Isaiah Wooden
9. The Cradle Will Rock by Johanna Pinzler
10. Pal Joey by Laurence Maslon
11. Oklahoma by Kevin David Thomas
12. Guys and Dolls by Thomas S. Hischak
13. The Threepenny Opera by Lauren Mack
14. My Fair Lady by Peter Filichia
15. West Side Story by Jennifer Delac
16. Gypsy by Robert W. Schneider
17. The Fantasticks by David Arthur
18. Hello Dolly by Phillip Fazio
19. Fiddler on the Roof by Beth Burrier
20. Cabaret by Bruce Kimmel
21. Hair by Wes Drummond
22. Promises, Promises by David Spencer
23. Company by Rick Pender
24. No No Nanette (1971) by Robert W. Schneider
25. The Wiz by David Ward
26. A Chorus Line by Ron Fassler
27. Annie by Charles Kirsch
28. Sweeney Todd by Alison Morooney
29. Ain't Misbehavin by Richard Dueñez Morrison
30. Dreamgirls by Bill Russell
31. Cats by Stephen Mo Hanan
32. La Cage Aux Folles by Robert W. Schneider
33. Les Miserables by Robert Meffe
34. The Phantom of the Opera by Susan Russell
35. Miss Saigon by Jeanmarie Higgins
36. The Secret Garden by Elizabeth Bonjean
37. Falsettos by Jack Lechner
38. Beauty and the Beast by Eden Hildebrand
39. Grease (1994) by Mark Madama
40. Rent by Jordan Dragutsky
41. Seussical by Nathan Brewer
42. The Producers by Kasey RT Graham
43. Mamma Mia by Malcolm Womack
44. Wicked by Lauren Haughton Gillis
45. Jersey Boys by Jamie Buxton
46. In The Heights by Devon Hunt
47. Next to Normal by Joe Dziemianowicz
48. Fun Home by Courtney Laine Self
49. Hamilton by W. Jerome Stevenson
50. Dear Evan Hansen by Frederick D. Miller
