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This review is from: The American Musical Theatre: A Complete Musical Theatre Course (Spiral-bound)
This is a very strange book, full of information tbat's either somewhat misinterpreted or vaugely incorrect. The author clearly doesn't understand the art form well enough to write an entire book about it. His credentials - that he has directed twenty-five productions - aren't very impressive. Many community theatre directors in the US have directed twenty-five shows. So what? Does that make them all qualified to write a book? Also, strangely, the photos in the book are either from movie versions of shows (even when the movie version is not faithful to the original) or from what appears to be medicore community theatre productions. Why use photos from movie versions when discussing the original stage version? How does that help? The most cofusing thing about the photos is that they often appear in the middle of chapters in which those shows are not even mentioned. The author's contention that "Sunday in the Park with George" is shallow indicates the level of his understanding of contemporary musical theatre. I can understand someone not liking "Sunday" for one reason or another, but to say it's shallow means this guy doesn't understand challenging, mature musical theatre. That he thinks "A Connecticut Yankee" was influential means he doesn't understand the evolution of the art form either -- "Yankee" was an ordinary musical that excised most of the depth and the social satire of its source material. In short, don't bother with this book -- there are plenty others that do a far better job.
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