Helpful General Searches to Try:
Names of specific plays, producers, writers, chorographers, and actors
"Musical Theatre" AND rac* (will pull up race and racism)
"Musical theatre" AND diversity
Can search "Hallelujah, Baby" in OneSearch and there is an entry in the The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Leslie Uggams starred in it.
Since this play is a more recent production, when you search Assassins AND "Stephen Sondheim" AND musical in OneSearch, many newspaper articles come up. Along with some books about him that contain information on Assassins.
In reference sources, JSTOR, and other subject specific databases, you can search for:
"House of Flowers" AND (Capote OR Arlen)
"House of Flowers"
Name of actors and choreographer(s)
There are numerous journal articles when you search the names of the plays.
Can search Raisin AND musical
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