Theater Studies

With more than two thousand entries, offers a wealth of information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more.

This is an an assemblage of first-night reviews from a variety of theatre critics, including Brooks Atkinson and Walter Kerr, on shows such as Brigadoon, Peter Pan and West Side Story. Over 300 musicals are described, and credits are provided for each. Each show's initial critical reception is gauged, and the financial profits or losses calculated.

A compilation of excerpts from reviews of over two hundred productions, including Annie, Barnum, Cabaret, Evita, Godspell, A little night music, Pippin, Sugar babies, and Zorba.

Part 2: The Musical includes a bibliography of critical reviews of 2,149 musicals on the New York stage from 1909 to the 1988-1989 theater season.

Volume one includes the librettos of Of Thee I Sing, Porgy and Bess, One Touch of Venus, Brigadoon, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, and Company.
Volume two includes Leave It to Me!, Lady in the Dark, Lost in the Stars, Wonderful Town, Fiorello!, Camelot, Man of La Mancha,Cabaret, Applause, and A Little Night Music.