Book Review: Broadway - The American Musical
"Broadway: The American Musical," the companion book to the 2004 PBS six-part series has finally been released in an updated paperback edition. Â The series and the book are certainly one of the definitive encyclopedias of the American musical theatre. Â In 1866 a Germanic melodrama called The Black Crook merged a french ballet company into their own show because the dance company's theatre had burned down. …