Download or read book The New American Musical written by Wiley Hausam and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1990s in America, a new generation of composers, lyricists and librettists emerged. They changed the face of the musical theatre. Their work cuts to the heart of the postmodern American experience and reminds the reader that the musical is alive and well and evolving too.