num_pages: 231
description: Starting with the provocative idea of the ?British Invasion, ? this book explores the cultural differences between British and American musicals, examines their critical reception, and demonstrates the crucial role of British and American directors in developing a new kind of musical drama that has started to change the parameters of this popular art form
title: Directors and the New Musical Drama: British and American Musical Theatre in the 1980s and 90s
publisher: Palgrave MacMillan