Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
American Song by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 128 .M78 B6 1996Data on over 4,000 American musicals, including all Broadway, off-Broadway, and resident theater productions 1877-1995. Part 1 lists shows alphabetically. Part 2 includes indexes of songs, personnel, and a chronological listing of titles.
Encyclopedia of Musical Theater by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 102 M88 G3 2001Essential 3-volume reference for starting research on all aspects of musical theater. Substantive entries about individual shows, librettists, lyricists, composers, and more.
Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 102 .M88 E94 2008Includes a chronology from 1866 to 2006, introduction describing the evolution of the form, and a dictionary of nearly 1,000 entries arranged alphabetically by person, show title, or subject.
Show Tunes by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML128.M78 S86 2010Chronicles 40 major Broadway composers. Listings include show production data and statistics; information on published, recorded, and unknown songs; and commentary on the shows, songs, and composer careers.
Chronologies of Musicals
American Musical Theatre by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 1711 .B67 2010Describes almost every musical to appear on Broadway from 1735 through the 2010 season. Click here for e-version of 3rd ed (2001).
Broadway Musicals, Show by Show by Call Number: ML1711.8.N3 G73 2019A wealth of statistics and inside information, plus critical reception, cast lists, commentary, and detailed indexes. Documents important musicals from just after the Civil War through spring 2019.
A Chronology of American Musical Theater by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 1711.8 .N3 N67 2002Assembles a comprehensive picture of the popular American musical theater as presented on stages in New York City from 1850 through early 2001.
The Complete Book of Broadway Musicals [series] by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML1711.8.N3 D5... [or online]Each book contains detailed information about every musical that opened on Broadway in one decade. Covers 1900 through 2019.
Off-Broadway Musicals Since 1919 by Call Number: Reference (SV) ML 1711.8 .N3 H57 2011Critical summaries of 381 Off-Broadway musicals "of consequence," including those that were popular or influential, but also dozens that are more obscure.
