Off-Broadway musicals since 1919
Subtitle: from Greenwich Village follies to the toxic avenger
By: Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9780810877719; 9780810877726
Description: Describes and analyzes over 375 Off-Broadway musicals produced between 1919 and 2009, providing essential data about each show, describing its plot and score, and offering an opinion on it merits.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Alphabetical list of musicals; title: Chronological list of musicals; title: Broadway's stepchild : beginnings; title: A new arena : the 1950s; title: Too loud not to notice : the 1960s; title: Threat of extinction : the 1970s; title: A new face : the 1980s; title: Battling the big bucks : the 1990s; title: Fodder for Broadway : the 2000s; title: Appendix guide to recordings.