An overview of the key components that were common to musicals during Broadway’s golden age. Even then, not all musicals had all of them. But most of the successful ones generally followed this outline (and many modern smash hits still follow it today).

Finding a solid pattern is the first step to a newbie making an impressive cake How does one create a great musical?  That’s a question...

The Music Man was delightful, but with a treacherous message that left me musing on the need for new musicals to build Beloved Community.