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Broadway Musicals Show by Show: Sixth Edition

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Broadway Musicals Show by Show has long had a reputation as a comprehensive reference book on Broadway. It has never been simply a listing of each and every show that opened each year on Broadway, but rather, as explained in the Preface, included are those shows that Stanley Green, and later Kay Green, felt were memorable and should be mentioned.

"Broadway Musicals Show by Show is perhaps a misleading title as by no means every Broadway show is to be found between the covers; merely an annual selection of those Stanley thought, to use his own words, were "memorable" in each year. To have produced a fully comprehensive study of the subject would have resulted in a work whose very size would have rendered it indigestible to the average reader. As it is Stanley has distilled each year to its essence and produced a readable and informative work that fits neatly into anyone's book shelves."

From the Preface by Ian MacBey

Broadway Musicals Show by Show: Sixth EditionExcellent book, containing very interesting facts and figures, reviews,casts, runs,& theatres played. This edition includes upto Young Frankstein. Very handy for revealing obscure facts about the shows. It has (and still is) very helpful in my selection of shows to add to my Musicals CD collection.

I have an earlier version of this book that I love so was very excited to see the update. The problem is that it's missing a lot of musicals from 2004 -- Assassins, The Boy from Oz, Caroline or Change. At first I thought perhaps I was missing a page, but I checked the index for performers in those shows and they weren't listed.

I'm returning this edition and I'll wait for the seventh.

Great information is to be found in this book, along with top photos. A good read for anyone interested in Musical theatre.

I love this book - I use it al the time for reference and give it away as gifts to my cast and Broadway lovers.
I'm so glad that the 6th edition is out - good work !!

This book is great for any fan of Broadway musicals. It traces the history of the most important shows and by regular updating gives the reader a useful reference tool.

Thanks for the book. It was in great condition. Only wish you would have gotten it to me a little sooner

As a published theater critic, I find this book indispensable. Just enough info about dates, casts, directors, composers, songs, etc. to fill in memory gaps. I buy every new edition (current 5th edition covers through 2007 season) and it's soon dogeared from use.

This is a great book, have hung on to purchase the updated 6th edition. However, according to the editorial review it has info on The Boy from Oz in it, very disappointed to find it doesn't.