Michael Todd

This chapter explores the balance and contradictions between Stephen Sondheim’s auteur status and the collaborative world of popular musical theater within which he has worked. Foc...

The free jazz revolution that began in the mid-1950s represented an artistic and sociopolitical response to the economic, racial, and musical climate of jazz and the nation. In par...

The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as ...

The first fantasy-writing textbook to combine a historical genre overview with an anthology and comprehensive craft guide, this book explores the blue prints of one of the most pop...