The American Musical Theater

Lehman Engle

Published by CBS / Macmillan Company, New York, 1967

About this Item

The Book Covers ( Boards ) are clean and bright, the dust jacket had small tears with very light soiling (The tears have been professionally restored, so they are no-longer noticeable), and the text itself is clean and tight. From the inside flap: As an art form the musical stage is entitled to serious consideration. The musical stage is pure theater. In essence, the theater is poetry and the musical stage has the spontaneity of poetry. Lehman Engel From the inside flap: As an art form the musical stage is entitled to serious consideration. The musical stage is pure theater. In essence, theater is poetry and the musical stage has the spontaneity of poetry. Thanks to Mr. Engels alertness and industry we now have a penetrating and comprehensive book that gives everything its proper name and makes enlightened judgments. After more than thirty years of break-in tours on the road and conducting night after night on Broadway, to say nothing of Writing music, conducting choirs and teaching, Mr. Engel knows more about the American musical theater than anyone else. He is enthralled by the beauty of its finest music. But he does not regard the dilemmas of show business as beneath his dignity'It is all here, including the hysteria of the preliminary tours in New Haven, Boston, and Philadelphia". Seller Inventory # 001742

Bibliographic Details

Title: The American Musical Theater

Publisher: CBS / Macmillan Company, New York

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: b&w photos

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: Illustrated Edition