Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater

by Larry Stempel

Book Overview

Showtime brings the history of Broadway musicals to life in a narrative as engaging as the subject itself. Beginning with the scandalous Astor Place Opera House riot of 1849, Larry Stempel traces the growth of musicals from minstrel shows and burlesques, through the golden age of Show Boat and Oklahoma!, to such groundbreaking works as Company and Rent.

Stempel describes the Broadway stage with vivid accounts of the performers drawn to it,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393067157
• ISBN13: 9780393067156
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.5"