11.   For his yeoman efforts, Fisher has rightly become a hero to devotees of the American musical.

12.   For the present, she is singing and talking her way through her highly personalized celebration of the American musical.

13.   From his perspective, it is a place where theater artists can reinvest in the legacy of the American musical.

14.   George M. Cohan, who at least arguably invented the American musical, was the grandson of an Irish step dancer named Keohane.

15.   Fosse also brought sex back to the American musical.

16.   Having done his share of revivals, Hytner was, quite simply, attracted to the challenge of doing a new American musical on Broadway.

17.   He is today often spoken of as a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical.

18.   He says his love for the American musical began early.

19.   Her seven-year absence from Broadway says a lot about the languid state of the American musical.

20.   In doing so, he provides a lesson in the art of seduction that is the essence of American musicals.