*Guide to Theater Arts at Brandeis

Outstanding resource that primarily covers the most successful, prolific, and extensively heard writers and composers of musicals and operettas and the most successful and widely traveled productions in the mainstream of Western musical theater. Includes both biographical and title entries, which mostly focus on the history of the work.

Includes synopses and production details for 75 English-language musicals produced on Broadway between 1879 and 1994, arranged in chronological order. Includes an appendix of compact disc recordings. Profusely illustrated with photographs from Broadway productions.

Source of information on about 300 major works of musical theater of the 19th and 20th centuries from Great Britain, France, the United States, Austria, Germany, Hungary; and Spain. Provides the dates and leading artists of principal productions, detailed plot synopses, and lists of characters.

Assembles a comprehensive picture of the popular American musical theater as presented on first-class stages in New York City from 1850 through early 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes data on over 4,800 American musicals from 1877 to 1995. Part 1 lists all shows alphabetically; part 2 presents indexes to songs and personnel and a chronological listing of titles; part 3 includes entries on 164 composers and lyricists, including all songs listed by date; part 4 comprises three large indexes: collaborators, songs, and chronology.

Includes data on songs from almost 7,000 American and foreign films. Vols. 1-2 list all movies alphabetically; vol. 3 contains a chronological listing of titles and complete indexes to personnel and songs. Includes all films except concert films (unless they contain original songs).

Coverage extends from the genre's nineteenth century beginnings to the present day, from The Black Crook (1866) to Jelly's Last Jam (1992). Included are entries on over 300 individual shows, musical series, performers, composers, lyricists, librettists, directors, designers, music directors, orchestrators, choreographers, producers, producing companies and other theatrical institutions, and on other subjects and genres relating to musical theatre.

Identifies and describes the musicals and the artists who made them. Film entries range from the legendary The Jazz Singer in 1927 to Fantasia 2000. Artists ranging from Gene Kelly to Elvis Presley, Busby Berkeley, and John Travolta are included, as are musicians as varied as Irving Berlin, Paul Williams, and the Beatles. Entries also detail animated musicals, studios, operettas, rock documentaries, sequels and remakes, and dance movies.

Covers all stage productions with published or recorded songs by major Broadway composers. Also includes notable works by other composers, chronological listing of productions, collaborator reference listing, and song and show title indexes.

A first stop for the researcher. Sections include general histories; musical theater surveys; film musicals; creators and works; performers; performance studies; periodicals; sets and series of printed material; discographies; and recorded anthologies.

With 2,000+ entries, offers a wealth of information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more.

Describes almost every musical to appear on Broadway through the 2000 season.

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.