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Books: Musical theatre and film
 The art of the American musical: conversations with the creators.
Author: Bryer, Jackson R & Richard A Davison Published: 2005 A series of interviews with some of the prime figures on the American musical scene: composers, librettists, lyricists,... [full description] | Paperback [4773-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
 Astaire and Rogers.
Author: Gallafent, Edward Published: 2002 A discussion of the films made by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, both together and separately, from 'Flying down to... [full description] | Hardback [2179-HB] £ 24.95 Add to order |
 Before the parade passes by: Gower Champion and the glorious American musical.
Author: Gilvey, John Anthony Published: 2005 A meticulously researched account of the life and work of the dancer-choreographer Gower Champion, from his early life... [full description] | Hardback [4588-HB] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 The British musical film.
Author: Mundy, John Published: 2007 The first book to examine a neglected area of British cinema, as it developed from the 'silent' period to the present.... [full description] | Hardback [5079-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order |
 British pantomime performance.
Author: Taylor, Millie Published: 2007 This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique... [full description] | Paperback [5279-PB] £ 19.95 Add to order |
 Broadway musicals, the 101 greatest shows of all time.
Author: Bloom, Ken Published: 2004 A massive (2.5 kg.) survey of the one hundred and one most influential and enduring Broadway musicals, from... [full description] | Hardback [1566-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Broadway, an encyclopedia.
Author: Bloom, Ken Published: 2004 The history of Broadway is rich with personalities and places - successes, failures, and antics. This A to Z resource... [full description] | Hardback [0348-HB] £ 65.00 Add to order |
 Brotherhood in rhythym, the jazz tap dancing of the Nicholas Brothers.
Author: Hill, Constance Valis Published: 2000 A detailed book that not only chronicles the lives of the jazz-tap dancing Nicholas Brothers, but also examines the... [full description] | Paperback [0835-PB] £ 10.95 Add to order |
 The Cambridge companion to the musical.
Author: Everett, William & Paul R Laird Published: 2002 An accessible introduction to one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. Written by a team of... [full description] | Paperback [4521-PB] £ 17.99 Add to order |
 A chronology of American musical theatre.
Author: Norton, Richard Published: 2002 In this massive three-volume set, running to more than three thousand pages and weighing in at nearly 8 kg, Richard... [full description] | Hardback [3021-HB] £ 240.00 Add to order |
Conversations with choreographers. Author: Grody, Svetlana McLee & Lister Dorothy Daniels Published: 1996 | Paperback [0768-PB] £ 16.95 Add to order |
 Fred and Ginger: the Astaire-Rogers partnership 1934 - 1938.
Author: Hyam, Hannah Published: 2007 The partnership between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which was born and reached its peak in the Hollywood musicals... [full description] | Paperback [5224-PB] £ 15.00 Add to order |
Fred Astaire, a bio-bibliography. Author: Billman, Larry Published: An extraordinarily detailed annotated listing of Astaire's stage, film, television and radio appearances, preceded by a... [full description] | Hardback [2898-HB] £ 50.00 Add to order |
 Gower Champion.
Author: Payne-Carter, David Published: 1999 A study into the contribution of performer, director and choreographer Gower Champion to the development of the... [full description] | Hardback [2063-HB] £ 48.95 Add to order |
 The great movie musical trivia book.
Author: Kurtti, Jeff Published: 1996 Revelation after revelation about movie musicals, with entertaining answers to vexing questions that will test the wits... [full description] | Paperback [3973-PB] £ 12.99 Add to order |
 The happiest corpse I've ever seen: the last 25 years of the Broadway musical.
Author: Mordden, Ethan Published: 2004 On the night of August 25, 1980, at the end of the first night of Gower Champion's 42nd Street, the show's... [full description] | Hardback [0067-HB] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 I could have sung all night.
Author: Nixon, Marni Published: 2006 Marni Nixon has one of the world's most famous singing voices but her name is known only to a few show business... [full description] | Hardback [4808-HB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
Jerome Robbins: That Broadway man, that ballet man. Author: Conrad, Christine Published: 2000 An impressionistic and innovative mix of photographs and graphics with Robbins' own words and writings builds a... [full description] | Hardback [2340-HB] £ 35.00 Add to order |
 Josephine Baker in art and life, the icon and the image.
Author: Jules-Rosette, Bennetta Published: 2007 Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist, whose... [full description] | Paperback [5236-PB] £ 13.99 Add to order |
 Lord of the dance.
Author: Flatley, Michael Published: 2006 The autobiography of Michael Flatley, star of Riverdance and creator and star of Lord of the Dance, Feet of... [full description] | Paperback [4711-PB] £ 6.99 Add to order |
 Making it on Broadway: actors' tales of climbing to the top.
Author: Wienir, David & Jodie Langel Published: 2004 Making it on Broadway goes beyond the glitz and glamour to show what really happens on a Broadway stage and in... [full description] | Paperback [3733-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
 Masters of movement: portraits of America's great choreographers.
Author: Eichenbaum, Rose Published: 2004 A handsomely presented collection of brief interviews and black and white photographs of sixty American choreographers,... [full description] | Hardback [0161-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Musicals, the complete illustrated story of the world's most popular live entertainment.
Author: Ganzl, Kurt Published: 2001 A survey of the annals of musical theatre, featuring landmark shows from London and New York from The Belle of New York... [full description] | Hardback [0728-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
 Open a new window: the Broadway musical in the 1960s.
Author: Mordden, Ethan Published: 2001 Broadway musicals of the 1960s glittered, with a long list of hits which made the 60s the decade with the largest group... [full description] | Hardback [0229-HB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
Producing musicals, a practical guide. Author: Gardyne, John Published: 2004 A step-by-step guide through the entire process of producing a show for the stage, from the earliest planning to the... [full description] | Paperback [5108-PB] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 The rise and fall of the Broadway musical.
Author: Grant, Mark N Published: 2004 In the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s musicals were one of the most popular forms of theatrical entertainment, but... [full description] | Paperback [4612-PB] £ 14.95 Add to order |
 The Routledge guide to Broadway.
Author: Bloom, Ken Published: 2007 An A to Z reference guide aimed at students of performance, theatre history, direction and production, as well as... [full description] | Paperback [5004-PB] £ 13.99 Add to order |
Ruby Keeler, a photographic biography. Author: Marlow-Trump, Nancy Published: | Hardback [0126-HB] £ 26.95 Add to order |
Showstoppers, Busby Berkeley and the tradition of spectacle. Author: Rubin, Martin Published: A detailed analysis of Berkeley's career on stage and screen. Includes 85 monochrome photographs. | Hardback [1159-HB] £ 32.50 Add to order |
 Sing for your supper: the Broadway musical in the 1930s.
Author: Mordden, Ethan Published: 2005 In the 1930s, America was struggling in the midst of the Depression. Aficionados of the Broadway musical have always... [full description] | Hardback [3576-HB] £ 15.99 Add to order |
 Singin' in the Rain.
Author: Wollen, Peter Published: 1992 The making of the great film musical, with a detailed shot by shot analysis of the eponymous dance number. | Paperback [2267-PB] £ 8.99 Add to order |
 Somewhere: the life of Jerome Robbins.
Author: Vaill, Amanda Published: 2006 To some, Jerome Robbins was a demanding perfectionist, a driven taskmaster, a theatrical visionary; to others he was a... [full description] | Hardback [4902-HB] £ 25.00 Add to order |
Swingin' at the Savoy, memoirs of a jazz dancer. Author: Miller, Norma Published: 1996 The dancer and choreographer Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom,... [full description] | Hardback [0479-HB] £ 26.95 Add to order |
 Time steps, my musical comedy life.
Author: McKechnie, Donna & Greg Lawrence Published: 2006 At 15, Donna McKechnie ran away from home to join a touring dance troupe, the beginning of a career that was to take... [full description] | Hardback [4959-HB] £ 14.99 Add to order |
 Transcending boundaries: my dancing life.
Author: McKayle, Donald Published: 2001 An illuminating autobiography that traces the multifaceted career of choreographer, director, performer, and professor... [full description] | Paperback [0613-PB] £ 26.99 Add to order |
 A year with The Producers.
Author: Denman, Jeffry Published: 2002 Subtitled One actor's exhausting (but worth it) journey from Cats to Mel Brooks' mega-hit, Jeffry... [full description] | Paperback [4643-PB] £ 17.99 Add to order |
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