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A columnist and critic offers an irreverent history of the Broadway musical, a diverse and lively art form that, judging from the flood of revivals these days, may be in its death throes. Broadway Babies is an eccentric, funny, shrewd and somewhat dismaying book.. <br>- St. Paul Pioneer Press <br> Wise but wicked in his analysis...Steyn leaves no turn unstoned....At last, a book of theater criticism with real teeth; it may rankle, but it never bores. <br>- Out Magazine <br> [B]rilliantly opinionated British critic [Mark Steyn] knows the history of Broadway (and West End) musicals, and he makes us care that the current crop lacks conviction and craft. He excoriates meretricious gimmicks and he makes us yearn for shows that are authentic and believable because they are rooted in the human experience. <br>- Wall Street Journal, 5/99 <br> Broadway Babies offers an unapologetically anecdotal and extremely personal account of musical theatre from The Black Crook (1866) to Rent (1996). With an emphasis on the last seventy years, Steyn charts the musical's highs, lows, and the banalities in-between, and he raises provocative questions about the future of the form. His discussion is peppered with observations from individuals associated with the most sublime - as well as the most ridiculous - shows ever produced, and he fearlessly takes on some of the sacred deities of the musical theatre. For even the most casual musical devotee, Broadway Babies will surely provoke, frustrate, and occasionally entertain. <br>- Broadside <br> Steyn on Broadway is a very compelling autopsy report. <br>- Booklist 4/99 <br>

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Mark Steyn is a columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph and Canada's National Post. He is theatre critic of TheNew Criterion, North American correspondent of TheSpectator, and also contributes to The Wall StreetJournal and The American Spectator. A Canadian citizen, he lives in New Hampshire and Québec.

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