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With hit TV shows picking the leads in productions of "Oliver!" and "The Sound Of Music", and smash musicals like "Hairspray" and "Wicked all the West End" rage, musical theater 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", your West Side Story from your Witch Witch, the "Faber Pocket Guide To Musicals" is packed with entertaining behind-the-scenes stories, essential song lists and comprehensive recording guides. Did you know, for instance, that one of the best recordings of Les Miserables is in Hebrew? Or that the Mel Brooks wasn't the first person to want to make a musical of "The Producers" (it was Eric Idle)? Or the ridiculous story of the huge purpose-built theater constructed in Holland to house a flop about Grace Kelly? Key features include: the hundred greatest musicals Numbers to listen for Snapshot plot summaries; ten terrible musicals; and, recommended recordings. James Inverne has been writing about musical theater for years and brings copious knowledge, passion for the subject and a sense of fun to a genre that

Author

James Inverne; Cameron Mackintosh

Publisher

London: Faber and Faber

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780571268665

Subjects

Music, Arts

Rating

3.44 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14