Musicals: A Comprehensive Illustrated History of the Artform

Jules: Great coffee table book. Gives information about all the great musicals old and new. Gave as a Xmas gift, well received book.

United Kingdom on Mar 10, 2023

D BROOKS: Wonderful book, great value

United Kingdom on Jan 27, 2023

Karen M.: Daughter delighted with this book

United Kingdom on Dec 30, 2022

CristinaCristina: Es un libro muy visual y gráfico,de espectaculares imágenes y de amor por los musicales ,del teatro a las pantallas, de Broadway a Hollywood.Una destreza de obra maestra para los amantes de los musicales o los que quieran iniciarse en ellos o empezar a disfrutarlos empapándose de su cultura y legado.

Spain on Nov 05, 2021

Welsh Dragon: We bought this book for our daughter who loved that it covers all the Broadway and West End musicals that have been produced up to the date of publication. It explains all the different trends and the key players for the development of musicals. It's beautifully presented with photos. Lots of info, which means the text is a bit small. Nevertheless, a great gift for people who are interested in musicals.

Canada on Jun 10, 2020

Alex: I bought this for my daughter who is very into musicals and the theatre. It is a beautiful book with wonderful pictures and great information. We love how much time and different shows this book actually covers.

United States on Mar 05, 2020

Katie Drewry: My mom LOVES Broadway musicals, I bought this for her Christmas stocking (we go a bit nuts) and she LOVED it! This book contained tidbits about old and new shows, I flip it open to a new page each time I visit with her and we challenge each other to sing a song from that particular musical. Fun stuff!

United States on Feb 05, 2020

IMHO Tep: I don't know a thing about musicals and I don't care a wit about them-- this book looked pretty well put together and my mother in law, who does go in for these things, thought it was great-- so there's a win.

United States on Jan 15, 2020

MusicMom: Great book for the Musixal lovers in your life! Have as a gift and they love it. A lot of great details and pictures, too! Large book. (Had something sticky on the paper cover, but I was able to remove that with foo gone without damaging the cover itself.)

United States on Jan 19, 2019

enubrius: I don't know quite WHAT to make of this.

I can tell you that, being from DK it is lushly illustrated and continually fascinating... BUT

A) It is in NO WAY the "definitive" ANYTHING about musicals

B) While it is a plus that the book treats film musicals as well as stage, the choices are...

C) Well, let's say questionable;

D) Of course the book treats many, possibly ALL the milestones of musicals... but superficially AND

E) the selection of other musicals it treats with full on entries as opposed to those it lists in the back of the book, is arbitrary at best.

(enough with the Letters) Why, for instance, does a pleasant, albeit mediocre, musical like "Kismet" get a two-page spread while the brilliant "City of Angels" gets short shrift? Why do the authors recognize Carlolyn Leigh & Moose Charlap as songwriters for 1954's "Peter Pan" and not Comden/Greene/Styne who contributed almost 1/2 the score?

And WHY do they illustrate virtually all the stage musicals with pictures from the (often horrible) film versions (Yes, I mean "Mame"!)

In short: Not only isn't it DEFINITIVE, only a completist like me will probably find it...

United States on Oct 28, 2015