Book of Donmon Teith

The American musical has achieved and maintained relevance to more people in America than any other performance-based art. This thoughtful history of the genre,

The American musical has long provided an important vehicle through which writers, performers, and audiences reimagine who they are and how they might best inte

This text presents keywords and critical terms that deepen analysis and interpretation of the musical. Taking into account issues of composition, performance, a

Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theater from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late n

Sounds American provides new perspectives on the relationship between nationalism and cultural production by examining how Americans grappled with musical diver