Author:
Sternfeld, Jessica, 1971-
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
Descriptionxi, 441 p. : music ; 25 cm.
Note:"Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?" : Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Humming the scenery" : the megamusical ascending -- "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was" : Cats -- "To love another person is to see the face of God" : Les misérables -- "The angel of music sings songs in my head" : The phantom of the Opera -- "A model of decorum and tranquility" : other megamusicals in the 1980s -- "New music" : the megamusical in the 1990s -- "Everything is show biz" : the megamusical and Broadway in the twenty-first century.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-434) and index.
