Beyond being just fuel for the body, food carries symbolic importance used to define individuals, situations, and places, making it an ideal communication tool. In musical theater, food can be used as a shortcut to tell the audience more about a setting, character, or situation. Because everyone relates to eating, food can also be used to evoke empathy, amusement, or shock from the audience. In some cases, food is central to show’s plot. This book looks at popular musical theater shows to examine which foods are used, how they are used, why they are important, and how the food or usage relates to the broader world. Included are recipes for many of the foods that are significant in the shows discussed.

The classic play about the complex, conflict ridden relationship between a teenage girl and her mother - Includes notes and assignments suggestions.

Smack-dab in the middle of America in Winnetka, Illinois, four women enter a Betty Crocker cooking contest in hopes of changing their lives. What they get is much more than they bargained for. Little did they know that it would take a zoologist from Indiana University, Alfred C. Kinsey, to really get them “cooking”! In an age when people believed the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach, the four women discover that the way to a woman’s heart is through her best friends.

From Sardi’s to the Russian Tea Room, Broadway’s most iconic restaurants take center stage in this collection of classic recipes. Since before Sinatra found his favorite table at Patsy’s, New York City’s Theater District has overflowed with the glamour of Broadway stars and the famous restaurants that cater to their appetites. For many audience members, the pre- or post-show meal is the most memorable part of a night out on The Great White Way. Taste of Broadway collects recipes from some of the most famous restaurants in the district, including the Algonquin, the Russian Tea Room, Sardi’s, the “21” Club and many more. Full of photographs, quotes from bartenders and regulars, as well as Broadway restaurant history and lore, this book offers plenty of local color to savor.

Taste of Broadway is a collection of recipes from popular restaurants in New York City's Theater District. It includes endorsements on local flavor from various theater critics, actors, dancers, and restaurant personnel. The restaurants in this book were selected for their popularity among theater patrons, and because they cater to the theater crowd. Some are longstanding and some are new.

"This volume, essential for anyone who loves Broadway, includes a full introduction by Ben Brantley, chief theater critic of The Times, his selection of 25 of the influential Broadway plays that defined the twentieth century, and his choice of 100 other, memorable plays - right up through plays currently running on Broadway.".