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A creative-focused journal for artists and audiences covering the past, present, and future of the musical stage

THE AMERICAN MUSICAL: EVOLUTION OF AN ART FORM

A New Book by Ben West
Published by Routledge
Released on April 1, 2024

There is no one way to make a musical. Nor is there a limit to the stories one can tell on the musical stage. But there remains an art to musical storytelling, a rigorous creative science, that was realized in the middle of the 20th century.