Description

The book examines in specific detail every Broadway musical that opened during the seminal decade of the 1960s, a decade which encompassed traditional musicals (such as Hello, Dolly!) as well as iconoclastic ones (Cabaret, Hair).

Besides technical information, the book includes extensive commentary for all 268 musicals which opened during the decade. It includes all New York City Center and Music Theatre of Lincoln Center revivals; New York City Opera revivals of Broadway musicals; productions of all pre-Broadway closings (musicals which closed either during New York previews or during pre-Broadway tryouts); all eight musicals which were produced at the 1964 New York World's Fair; concert productions (usually of one-man or one-woman shows); and all imports which opened during the decade.

The technical information includes details regarding cast and credits, plot, critical reviews, London productions, recordings, published scripts, and film versions.