As well as being one of the most popular and accessible genres, musical theatre is one of the most collaborative arts; involving composers, writers, visual artists, performers, directors. choreographers, agents, critics and audiences. The Musical is the first large-scale annotated bibliography of this subject and covers the Broadway musical as well as the film musical and musical styles around the world. Sections include: general histories; musical theatre surveys; film musicals; creators and works; performers; performance studies; periodicals; sets and series of printed material; discographies; and recorded anthologies.