: Did the British invent musical theater? That’s what the reader is told in “Pick a Pocket Or Two: A… History of British Musical Theatre” (Oxford University Press, 352 pages) by Ethan Mordden, an American writer whose first Broadway show, when he was eight years old, was a double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan. But this is not a book that aggressively advances an argument. The author is too busy focusing on the individual shows. “Pick a Pocket” reads like a survey course by an impatient professor for students who are already majoring in musical theater.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Book Review: Pick A Pocket Or Two: A History of British Musical Theatre
New York Theater
: Did the British invent musical theater? That’s what the reader is told in “Pick a Pocket Or Two: A… History of British Musical Theatre” (Oxford University Press, 352 pages) by Ethan Mordden, an American writer whose first Broadway show, when he was eight years old, was a double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan. But this is not a book that aggressively advances an argument. The author is too busy focusing on the individual shows. “Pick a Pocket” reads like a survey course by an impatient professor for students who are already majoring in musical theater.
: Did the British invent musical theater? That’s what the reader is told in “Pick a Pocket Or Two: A… History of British Musical Theatre” (Oxford University Press, 352 pages) by Ethan Mordden, an American writer whose first Broadway show, when he was eight years old, was a double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan. But this is not a book that aggressively advances an argument. The author is too busy focusing on the individual shows. “Pick a Pocket” reads like a survey course by an impatient professor for students who are already majoring in musical theater.
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