Fifty Key Stage Musicals

This volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world.

Each entry summarises a show, including a full synopsis, discussion of the creators’ process, show’s critical reception, and its impact on the landscape of musical theater.

This is the ideal primer for students of musical theater - its performance, history, and place in the modern theatrical world - as well as fans and lovers of musicals.

Peter Filichia is one of the most respected authorities on the American Musical Theater. He is the critic emeritus for The Star-Ledger, as well as serving as the critic-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music and four terms as President of the Drama Desk Awards.

Robert W. Schneider is an associate professor of musical theater, literature and criticism as well as serving on the faculty of New York Film Academy’s Musical Theatre department.