The rise and fall of the Broadway musical / Mark N. Grant.

Author: Grant, Mark N., 1952-

Imprint:Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004.

Descriptionx, 365 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway -- Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium -- The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index.

Note:A Choice Outstanding Title, 2005

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