Musical Theatre Critical Companions series offers contemporary scholarship that covers practitioners, composers, theatre makers, sub-genres and periods within musical theatre studies. Mixing original research, scholarly essays and interviews with practitioners, each volume provides a critical survey and analysis of a body of work by drawing on a mix of perspectives. From thematic analysis of a single author and their work to a diverse perspective on movements and styles, this series offers students a fresh and accessible look at key moments of musical theatre as a form.