The Musical

This research guide includes more than 1,400 annotated entries relating to the genre as it appears on stage and screen. It includes reference works, monographs, articles, anthologies, and websites related to the musical. Separate sections are devoted to sub-genres (such as operetta and megamusical), non-English language musical genres in the U.S., traditions outside the U.S., individual shows, creators, performers, and performance. This new edition reflects the notable increase in musical theater scholarship since 2000. In addition to printed materials, it includes multimedia and electronic resources.

William Everett is Professor of Musicology and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Curriculum at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. He is the author of Sigmund Romberg (2007), Rudolf Friml (2008), contributing co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002; 2nd edition, 2008), and a contributing editor for musical theater for the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition.

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction I Reference Works II General Histories III Musical Theater IV Film and Television Musicals V Works VI Creators VII Performers VIII Performance IX Historiography X Periodicals XI Sets and Series of Printed Material XII Discographies XIII Recorded Anthologies XIV Video Anthologies XV Other Searchable Resources Index