Recommended Second Hand Books

Great reads in our Second Hand Performing Arts Books section at Book Nook

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Featured Topic - Musical Theatre

The Complete Phantom of the Opera - George Perry

Terrific pictorial book of the original production of the musical.

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Unmasked - A Memoir - Andrew Lloyd WebberLord Lloyd Webber

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Musicals: The Complete Illustrated Story – Hardcover – Kurt Ganzl

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Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from “Godspell” to “Wicked”

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Look, I Made A Hat - Stephen Sondheim

Songs by Sondheim, with his own commentary on them.

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OK! The Story of Oklahoma! - Max Wilk

The making of the first great Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, from the beginnings.

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A Million Miles From Broadway - Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London - Mel Atkey

Musicals outside the theatre capitals of Broadway and the West End

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Pick a Pocket or Two - Ethan Mordden

A concise history of British musicals

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Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks - Peter Filichia.

A look at the musicals which didn't win the Best Musical Tony Award.

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Everything Was Possible : The Birth of the Musical Follies - Ted Chapin

The creation of stephen Sondheim's landmark musical

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Anything Goes - A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden

A concise, pacy look at the creation of the American musical.

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Make Believe - The Broadway Musicals of the 1920s - Ethan Mordden

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Not Since Carrie - 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum

A concise look at the musicals which failed on Broadway, and why, over a 40 year period.

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Coming Up Roses - Ethan Morrden

Broadway Musicals in the 1950s

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