Musical Theater


Hamilton: The Revolution
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Stephen Sondheim: A Life
Fiddler on the Roof
Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN
Rent: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical―Complete Libretto and Oral History
Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
Into the Woods
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Les Misérables
Wicked: The Grimmerie
Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenEyes Like Stars by Lisa MantchevPerchance to Dream by Lisa MantchevMeet Me Under the Lights by Cassie  MillerDrama by Raina Telgemeier
YA Theater
71 books — 58 voters
Roomies by Christina LaurenMeet Me Under the Lights by Cassie  MillerWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John GreenAnd The Next Thing You Know... by Chase Taylor HackettSimon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Performing Arts Fiction
185 books — 38 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Books that Inspired Musicals
99 books — 31 voters
West Side Story by Irving ShulmanThe Prom by Saundra MitchellDear Evan Hansen by Val EmmichThe Rocky Horror Picture Show by Kevin VanHookJagged Little Pill by Eric  Smith
Musicals Adapted Into Books
19 books — 4 voters

On The Roof by Samantha   HahnThe Black Opera by Mary GentleBroken Strings by Eric WaltersBroadway Nights by Seth RudetskySkinny by Donna Cooner
Novels About Musical Theatre
99 books — 9 voters
Working on a Song by Anaïs MitchellTom Foolery by Tom Lehrer
Best Theatre/Musical Books
2 books — 3 voters

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Laika Constantino, Hearts On A Page, Volume Two

Dave Eggers
She spent her idle time conceiving of musicals that would never be. It was the only medium that could properly express our true madness and hypocrisy---our collective ability to sit in a theater watching lunatics sing nonsense while the world outside burns.
Dave Eggers

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Hamilton  Fans Unite! Not the Room Where it happens but maybe you'll be satisfied Here is a group for people who like…more
32 members, last active 6 years ago
Broadway Book Club A place where a bunch of Broadway/musical theatre lovers can get together and discuss theatre, a…more
15 members, last active 10 years ago
The novel adaptations and/or the novels that various musicals are based on. (Or just theatre kid…more
2 members, last active one year ago
Actors Unite! If you are an actor (stage or screen) this group is a place to discuss your art, training, and b…more
22 members, last active 7 years ago