The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows are Built poetry embroidered within a myriad of

embroidered within a myriad of pop- culture and "post-Mennonitism

Greg is easily able to sidestep his father’s efforts to change him

• Each story transports readers to an enthralling world

like Labrouste himself

Tina's own motives behind working for Martin are slowly turned upside down as well

The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows are Built poetry embroidered within a myriad ofby Jack Viertel For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when it comes time for love, marriage, and children, who will start the cycle all over again. Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals.