Meant as a supplement and companion to Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Acting and Show Business (LimelightWWWW 2009) this unique dictionary is chock-full of information about all the various genres of musical theater thumbnail plot summaries of works well-known and obscure thumbnail biographies of composers and writers and dance theatrical singing and music terminology. Historical terms and foreign terms (with pronunciations) are included along with information on available recordings of many obscure pieces. Convenient lists of the works of Verdi Puccini Wagner Gilbert and Sullivan Sondheim Rodgers and Hammerstein and many others are provided. Paperback
 Have you heard of the first American musical The Black Crook which opened in 1866 and had fifteen revivals? Do you know Oscar Straus's hilarious parody of Wagner's Ring cycle Die lustigen Nibelungen (The Merry Nibelungs)? Do you know who the Ricci brothers the Piccinni family Edmond Audran David Braham or Francois-Joseph Gossec were? Look them up in this remarkable thoroughly researched lively book. Packed with nearly 1800 entries this is a must-have research tool and handy reference for the theater and music lover student teacher professional singer director and producer!
