41.   The return of the American musical, the financial success of off-Broadway, the flourishing of human stories combine to tell a tale happy enough for a traditional musical.

42.   The script won the Writers Guild Award for best American musical.

43.   The state of the American musical has Jason Alexander very upset.

44.   The same trend can be traced in American musicals, though the time it took was much compressed.

45.   The vaudeville element in the American musical has, alas, proved somewhat less enduring over the years.

46.   There is much less consensus about singing in the American musical, and this is especially true of the pre-amplification era.

47.   There has been much discussion during the past few years about the supposed decline of the American musical.

48.   They are gloriously dated, but they force us to recognize what the American musical lost as it grew up and became more sober-sided.

49.   This is a remarkable recording, one that gives lovers of cast albums the chance to revel in a wholly original American musical.

50.   This season, the nominators for the Tony Awards had seven new American musicals to choose from.