The Golden Age of Stage Musicals takes as its era the post-World War II boom period for the musical in the United States and Great Britain‚ from Carousel! to The Witches of Eastwick. After a general Introduction, the subject is covered chronologically with special sections on the 20 musicals covered on the accompanying CD.
There is full coverage of the story of the stage musical up to date including details of the success of English-language musicals in translation and the European and other countries’ musicals that have achieved prominence.
