Review
"The entries are essays of varying lengths on stage works, composers, lyricists, stage personalities, choreographers, designers, and producers, from the beginning of operetta to the present. Author, composer, and performer work lists, plot summaries, and production histories are included. About five hundred new articles have been added...More than four thousand articles from the first edition have been revised to include recent activites of performers covered in the first edition, many new recordings, and birth and death date corrections and additions...The "Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre" is quite unlike other recent works...Libraries owning the first edition should not hesitate to purchase this updated edition. Highly recommended for all libraries with music or theater collections. Other academic and public libraries may also wish to consider adding this title."
-- "Reference and User Services Quarterly" (Spring 2002)
Synopsis
An overview of musical theatre offers information on Britain's provincial theatres, American stages outside New York, new shows, revivals, and biographical sketches of singers and actors around the world.