Blog Posts by Subject: Musical theatre

Whether you prefer to celebrate Christmas with Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Justin Bieber, Kacey Musgraves, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, or Charlie Brown and friends, feel free to peruse the 40 album suggestions listed below.

Primarily "Western Art Music" from the 14th to 21st century, it also includes hundreds of film soundtracks and cast recordings of musicals, as well as content from around the world. Come explore with us!

Sherman Yellen writes about "the one that everyone assured [me] was destined for great success" but "eluded [my] grasp and got away."

Exploring the Library for the Performing Arts' Cinema Series 40 Years of London and New York Theatre on Film.

As if we needed another reason, there is now even more to love about "Hamilton": On December 2, the "Hamilton" Mixtape is dropping with appearances from some amazing artists.

A look at the White Studio photograph from the 1932 edition of the revue Americana.

The success of the Library's Anti-Prom, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel, The Secret Garden.

It is too soon to tell if the next Broadway season will boast the same number of projects that star Asian-Americans, Latinos, African-Americans, deaf and disabled artists that it did this year, but it looks promising. Here’s a look at upcoming projects that are scheduled to open soon.

It is almost time for the Library’s fabulous Anti-Prom. On Friday, June 17, New York teens will assemble on the steps of the Schwarzman Building and reveal to each other and the staff volunteers their prom wear.

Why was Hamilton so important that he deserves recognition today? Find books and resources on the “10-dollar founding father without a father.”

Although Ms. Bolin is best known for her role as Meg Boyd in the original production of Damn Yankees (1955), the Music Division best remembers her in her association with composer Marc Blitzstein.

The 2015-2016 Broadway theater season is being hailed as one of the most diverse on record. Is this slate of shows featuring African Americans on Broadway unprecedented? Let’s look take a look back into American theater history to approximately 70 years ago.

Teams will spend Monday morning imagining apps aimed at helping theater professionals of all kinds. Then, developers will have 24 hours to develop a prototype to demonstrate in a public presentation on Tuesday afternoon.

This month, thanks to the Library’s release of all of our high resolution photographs of objects with no known U.S. copyright restrictions, the promptbook, the sheet music, and the photos may be used without restriction for any purpose, including commercially.

Considered today, Golden Dawn is obviously problematic on multiple levels, and the lack of any revivals of the show is not necessarily a bad thing. However, the study of non-canonical works like Golden Dawn remains crucial to understanding the history of musicals.

The advent of contact sheets was great for photography studios and of course, actors and their agents.

In the musical Hamilton, which opened last night on Broadway, George Washington tells Alexander Hamilton, “You have no control...who tells your story.” At the New York Public Library, we preserve the artifacts that allow such stories to be told, and we have an especially strong collection of archives related to the women and men whose lives inspired the characters in the musical.

Lincoln Center Local film screenings are happening uptown: One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch and Unsung Carolyn Leigh.

The 49th annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 7th, and the Library can help you get familiar with some of this year's nominees.