Broadway Babies Say Goodnight Musicals Then and Now
The Broadway musical was never simply a jazzed-up form of Viennese or English operetta, Mark Steyn argues in this book; it always set its own terms and conditions. At some time during the 1970s or '80s, though, the Broadway musical hit the buffers, which coincided with the arrival of the British Broadway musical. With Miss Saigon, Aspects of Love and The Phantom of the Opera, the British musical in the West End is in rude health, attracting serious directing and acting talent, and serious money.