Faber & Faber

The Faber Pocket Guide to Musicals: James Inverne

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Synopsis:

With a Foreword by Cameron Mackintosh.

With hit TV shows picking the leads in productions of Oliver! and The Sound of Music, and smash musicals like Hairspray all the West End rage, musical theatre is as popular as it’s ever been. James Inverne provides an indispensable guide to his top one hundred greatest shows of all time - and ten of the worst. Whether you know your Pal Joey from The Producers, or your West Side Story from your Which Witch, the Faber Pocket Guide To Musicals is packed with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories, essential songlists and comprehensive recording guides.

Key Features Include:

The hundred greatest musicals
Numbers to listen for
Snapshot plot summaries
Ten terrible musicals
Recommended recordings
Behind-the-scenes trivia

Also in The Pocket Guide Series:

Alan Ayckbourn’s Plays
Ballet
Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
Greek and Roman Drama
Handel
Haydn
Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg
Mozart
Musicals
Opera
Shakespeare’s Plays
20th-Century Drama

Tags:

Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Classical Music; Popular Music; Reference

Genres & Themes:

British Theatre; Broadway; Lyrics; Pocket Guides; Practical Guides; Songs