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Musical Theater

Musical Theater

This guide is a collection of useful resources for anyone doing research about musical theater.

Please note: the items listed here are selected resources that may be used as reference sources or starting points for research and are not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography.

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Theatre Databases

General Databases

The following resources may require login with 'Cane ID and password.

Music Databases

The following resources may require login with 'Cane ID and password.

Professional Organizations for Musical Theater

This is a selection of the many professional organizations devoted to the theater and to musical theater. More can be found at the NEA's "Theater/Musical Theater Resources" page.

Web Resources for Musical Theater

These online resources are freely available.

Online Encyclopedias & Directories

Online encyclopedias, dictionaries, and directories. May require login with 'Cane ID and password.

    Browse Journals

    Selected Books for Musical Theater

    Broadway plays and musicals : descriptions and essential facts of more than 14,000 shows through 2007
    Hischak, Thomas S.
    PN2277.N5 H573 2009
    Blumenfeld's dictionary of musical theater : opera, operetta, musical comedy
    Blumenfeld, Robert.
    ML102.M875 B58 2010
    The Oxford companion to the American musical : theatre, film, and television
    Hischak, Thomas S.
    ML102.M88 H593 2008
    The Routledge guide to Broadway
    Bloom, Ken
    PN2277.N5 B43 2007
    Historical dictionary of the Broadway musical
    Everett, William A.
    ML102.M88 E94 2008
    Who sang what on Broadway, 1866-1996
    Benjamin, Ruth, and Arthur Rosenblatt
    ML107.N44 B46 2006
    American song : the complete musical theatre companion
    Bloom, Ken
    ML128.M78 B6 1996
    Contemporary Musicians
    ML385 .C59
    This 60 volume set in the Music Reference Section gives profiles of the people in music; new issues are published twice a year.

    Sheet Music Online

    Streaming Audio Databases

    Selected digital audio collections. For more collections visit the UM Libraries Music Audio database list at the 1st link below. The following resources may require login with 'Cane ID and password.