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Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story by William Shakespeare Publisher Comments The tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this theme and fashioned one of the world's great plays: Romeo And Juliet. In our own time, Shakespeare's drama... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market 
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Wicked: The Grimmerie, A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical by David Cote Publisher Comments Wicked is not just a musical, it is a phenomenon. Every week 15,000 people pack New York's Gershwin Theatre to see the show. The most successful musical on Broadway in 2004, Wicked is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire. It... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $34.00 Used - Hardcover
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Transposing Broadway: Jews, Assimilation, and the American Musical (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) by Stuart J. Hecht Publisher Comments Over the last hundred years, musical theatre artists - from Berlin to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim - have developed a form that corresponds directly to the Americanization of the increasingly Jewish New York audience; and that audience's... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Applause Musical Library) by Burt Shevelove Publisher Comments Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times * "The most urbane and literate musical comedy text... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Night Music (91 Edition) by Stephen Sondheim Publisher Comments Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Jonathan Tunick "Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music comes as close as possible to being the perfect romantic comedy musical." - Brendan Gill, The New Yorker "Heady, civilized... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Full Monty by Terrence Mcnally Publisher Comments "Full of brilliance! It's a blockbuster and a mold-breaker. A one-of-a-kind Broadway musical. I loved it!" - Clive Barnes, The New York Post "A delightful salute to the human spirit!" - David Hinckley, The Daily News "Monty works on every level and is... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Irving Berlin Reader (Readers on American Musicians) by Benjamin Sears Publisher Comments Without any formal training in music composition, Irving Berlin took a knack for music and turned it into the most successful songwriting career in American history. Berlin was the first Tin Pan Alley songwriter to go uptown to Broadway with a complete... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Hardcover
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Spring Awakening (07 Edition) by Steven Sater Publisher Comments “This brave new musical, haunting and electrifying by turns, restores the mystery, the thrill to that shattering transformation that stirs in all our souls.”—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times “The staggering purity of this... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers by Stewart F. Lane Synopsis From Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern to Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken and Tony Kushner, Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. This... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2008-2009 (Best Plays Theater Yearbook) by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins Publisher Comments Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, this annual chronicle of the theater in the United States honors 10 new works and three regional plays cited in the Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Awards and Citations competition. With this latest... (read more) Available April 2013 Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover 
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13: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical the Applause Libretto Library by Dan Elish Publisher Comments One of the most frequently produced new musicals of the last decade, 13 is a rollicking musical comedy featuring a cast exclusively made up of teenagers. Thirteen 13-year-olds, as a matter of fact. Evan Goldman is two months from turning 13 years old... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Broadway Legacies) by Jeffrey Magee Publisher Comments From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater is the first book to fully... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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On the Line: The Creation of a Chorus Line by Robert Viagas Publisher Comments A Chorus Line, the biggest Broadway hit of its generation, is returning to Times Square in a major fall 2006 revival. The show is based on a remarkable series of taped discussions made in the mid 1970s with some of the top "gypsies" (veteran Broadway... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Purple Summer: Notes on the Lyrics of Spring Awakening by Steven Sater Publisher Comments In February 1999, Steven Sater conceived the radical notion of creating a rock musical from Frank Wedekind's notorious Symbolist drama, Fruhlings Erwachen, and he enlisted his friend and writing partner Duncan Sheik in the enterprise. That night, Sater... (read more) Your price: $9.99 New - Trade Paper
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Richard Rodgers by Geoffrey Block Publisher Comments - Yale Broadway Masters series Geoffrey Block, general... (read more) Your price: $22.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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What Would Barbra Do?: How Musicals Changed My Life by Emma Brockes Publisher Comments Emma Brockes didn't always love musicals. In fact, she hated them. One of her earliest (and most painful) memories is of her mother singing "The Hills Are Alive" while young Emma crossed the street to go to her babysitting gig. According to her mother... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (06 Edition) by R. Knapp Publisher Comments "Knapp speaks with an original voice and offers fresh perspectives. This will be regarded as one of the major books in the field."--Geoffrey Block, University of Puget Sound, General Editor, Yale Broadway Masters "This extraordinary, original book leaves... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation [With Pull-Out Poster] by Eric Grode Publisher Comments HAIR: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation is the first and only authorized history of this groundbreaking show—from its original conception, to its highly influential initial run, to its numerous productions, to the 2009 sell-out... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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John Willis Theatre World #63: Theatre World: Volume 63 2006-2007 by John Willis Publisher Comments Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is pleased to make this venerable continuing series complete by publishing Theatre World Volume 63. Theatre World remains the authoritative pictorial and statistical record of the season on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover
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A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914: Modernity, Girls' Culture, Japan Pop by Makiko Yamanashi Publisher Comments Founded in the hot-spring resort town of the same name in 1914, Takarazuka is a kaleidoscopic medium, both in terms of its theatricality and visual characteristics. Yet, despite its prominence and popularity, it has not received the academic attention it... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $128.25 New - Hardcover
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