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Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre
BOOK

Now available from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, a division of Hal Leonard, the anthology Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre tells the story of the golden age of Broadway from a well-informed, witty, and warmhearted new perspective.

Here—for the first time in a single volume—are biographies of the great songwriters and lyricists of Broadway musicals, including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many more. Go below the surface to see what made them tick and to uncover the secrets of their success—as well as the personal foibles that sometimes led to their downfall.

Longtime theatre lover Dr. Herbert Keyser takes us on a personal journey through the music that made these great artists so much a part of our history and our lives. Rather than an encyclopedia, Keyser has assembled a reader–friendly collection of stories full of drama, humor, and poignancy.

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