Something for the Boys: Musical Theatre and gay Culture Book

An entertaining history of musical comedy that examines the obsession of many gay men with musical theatre.

The book is a guided tour through the history of musical comedy in the UK and USA along the way shining a spotlight on the allure of the diva the lives of Noel Coward Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart the homophobia of Rogers and Hammerstein the mixed musical messages of Stephen Sondheim and the first brassy notes of the overture to 'Gypsy'.