Discussing composers and writers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein Stephen Sondheim Kander and Ebb Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Kern "The Musical as Drama" describes the continuity of this distinctively American dramatic genre from the shows of the 1920s and 1930s to the musicals of today. Hardback
 
Scott McMillin is giving musicals the respect they deserve. If you want to know how a car is constructed you might consult a Chilton's vehicle manual. If you want to know how a pie is constructed you might consult the Fanny Farmer Cookbook. If you want to know how a musical is constructed you might consult The Musical as Drama by Scott McMillin. This adoring yet studious book dissects familiar musicals as if they were biology frogs and academically discusses their skeletal and muscular systems.
