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Music: Musical Theatre

Introduction to Music Sources

Browsing guide for books on Musical Theatre

ML 102 .M88       Musical theatre dictionaries and encyclopedias

ML 410 .S95       Books about Gilbert and Sullivan

ML 1700               Musical theatre and opera books

ML 1711              American musical theatre and opera

ML 1711.8 .N3     Broadway musical theatre and 
                               NY Metropolitan Opera

ML 2054               Musical theatre special topics

MT 956                 Practical/pedagogical books on
                              musical theatre and opera

Websites

Musicals101.com
       "The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV, and Film."

Musical Theatre International
      MIT has become the leader in the theatrical licensing
      industry, specializing in Broadway, Off-Broadway 
      and West End musicals.

Stage Agent
      links to audition monologues, songs, and character analysis

Playbill Online
      News, features, performance listings for Broadway,
      Off-Broadway, London and Regional theatre


Internet Broadway Database
    The official database for Broadway theatre information,
     IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings
     of New York theatre until today.

American Variety Stage:  Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870 - 1920
      multimedia anthology selected from various
      Library of Congress holdings

George and Ira Gershwin:  The Official Website
       Celebrating and archiving the lives of the brothers with
       history, timeline, references, anthology of selected films
       and shows.

Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
         includes clip art, librettos, plot summaries, song scores,
         and newsletter articles.

Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
         owns the rights to the world's most popular stage 
         and film musicals.
        
 



 

Books about Musical Theatre

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