Finding Books
Books (located on the 3rd Floor of Moody Library) contain information on Broadway's roots, its most recent shows, instruction on directing and managing musical theater, and biographies on those involved in music theater.
Select Books about Musical Theatre
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"No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance" : A History of the American Musical Theater
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Patinkin provides a chronological narrative, covering musicals from their European beginnings through 2007.
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Our Musicals, Ourselves : A Social History of the American Musical Theater
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Bush focuses on plays that spoke to the issues, achievements, and anxieties of their time; and explores the interchange between social and political values and their expression on stage. -
Broadway : The American Musical; based on the documentary film by Michael Kantor
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A companion to the six-part PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the first comprehensive history of the musical, from its roots at the turn of the 20th century through the smashing successes of the new millennium. -
Musical Theatre : A History
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A comprehensive history of stage musicals from the 1840s all the way up to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Broadway as it we know it today.
Choreographer - Agnes de Mille
Choreographers also play an important roll in the making of a musical. Here's a link to a number of categories of books about choreographers. Agnes de Mille Biography, Where the Wings Grow.
Below is a segment from the dream sequence in Oklahoma, choreographed by de Mille.
Performers
Performers are vital to a show's success and popularity and performers often effected how and what the composers wrote. Here are some examples (notice some are not located in Crouch):
