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Top Gifts Under $30 for the Musical Theatre Fan

A Holiday Gift Guide to the Three Great Must-have Items that Your Favorite Musical Theatre Fan Doesn't Already Own

By Wanda Leibowitz, published Oct 10, 2006
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These gift ideas are far enough off the beaten track to impress even the most in-the-know musical theatre fan, but won’t be intimidating to the casual or budding aficionado. For a dynamic gift, try offering your favorite musical theatre fan a DVD that will change the way they think about every cast recording in their soundtrack library. If you’d love to give an album of music, but want to make sure you buy something your musical theatre fan hasn’t already heard, try an under-the-radar but top-notch quality song cycle by one of Broadway’s most dynamic contemporary composers. For the musical theatre fan who seems to have everything, try a charmingly quirky book that gives the lowdown on the most outrageous flops in the history of the American musical.  Between these top DVD, CD, and book picks, you’re sure to find the perfect holiday gift for your favorite musical theatre fan.  Best of all, none of these items have price tags above $30, so this holiday, you can give the musical theatre fan in your life a great gift without breaking the bank!

DVD
Company, by D.A. Pennebaker

Takeaways
  • Best DVD: The documentary "Company" by D.A. Pennebaker
  • Best CD: Broadway composer William Finn's moving song cycle "Elegies."
  • Best Book: "Not Since Carrie" by Ken Mandelbaum, a rollicking guide to flops and failures.
Did You Know?
The Musical Comedy as we know it was created in London in the late 1870s by the writer and performer Edward "Ned" Harrigan.
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