Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of The New York Times Hardcover – October 9, 2012

Beautiful book. Well worth the price. A real keeper.

We have as a gift. Nice coffee table book.

This is a great idea: to gather together the NY Times reviews of 110 musicals to create a record of what the critics wrote about major shows at the time of their premieres. The book's strong points are its thoroughness (110 musicals, including several important revivals) and many large production photos. What's missing is any sort of essay that might put things in perspective --- why not have Brantley's essays point out some of the ways in which various shows influenced the theatre, or even which shows survived a critical drubbing/failed despite glowing reviews. Another problem is that many reviews (especially those of revivals) are severely truncated, leaving as few as 200 words in some cases. For $35, it's still welcome, but I wouldn't pay list price.

I run a Musical Theater and have quite a collection of books with information about Broadway Musicals but this is a page turner with great photos and covers the scope and history of musicals in this country with just enough information for the average person. I always purchase a book or DVD collection for our outgoing Board Presidents as a thank you. I liked this one so much that my son bought me one for Christmas.

I am a long time fan of musicals and this book gives the reader a comprehensive view of musical theater from past to present.

The book is set-up to take you through the different decades of musical theater. The back stories are intriguing and the photography amazingly beautiful

Amusing views of classic reviews of an American art form. It is especially interesting where reviews of revived classic musicals are of interest.

lots of fun to read about the hisstory of musicals, and to remember some that I saw so many years ago.