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. |Fifty Key Stage Musicals | Theatre and Performance