Relaxed and accessible in style, this authoritative guide is the first symphony handbook for non-...

Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "e;a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic,"e; by...

Vividly recreating the unique pleasure of experiencing a song-and-dance show, Broadway Babies spo...

Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "e;a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic,"e; by...

Hollywood in the years between 1929 and 1948 was a town of moviemaking empires. The great studios...

"e;Music and girls are the soul of musical comedy,"e; one critic wrote, early in the 1940...

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's wo...

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's wo...

A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-r...

When films like The Jazz Singer started to integrate synchronized music, in the late 1920s many a...

When films like The Jazz Singer started to integrate synchronized music, in the late 1920s many a...

In the 1960s, the Broadway musical was revolutionized from an entertainment characterized by sent...