Beyond Broadway

Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1599, Segment 4

May 14, 2021 • 38m

Why are Americans so enamored of musical theater? Princeton University theater professor Stacy Wolf took a cross-country trip in search of the answer. The result is her book, “Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre Across America.” With the end of the Broadway shutdown now in sight, we wanted to revisit this love-letter to musical theater. (Originally aired June 4th, 2020)

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