Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre Across America

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By Stacy Wolf, professor of theater

Published Jan. 15, 2020

 In Beyond Broadway, Stacy Wolf considers how examines musical theater in all of its forms and considers how it has influenced American culture. Wolf tours the United States, visiting schools, summer camps, outdoor theaters, community theaters, and dinner theaters, and conducts more than 200 interviews with practitioners and spectators. In Beyond Broadway, Wolf tells the story of musical theater’s thriving longevity.

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