Wonderfully compact, well written, and generously illustrated, this is recommended for most libraries. -Library Journal
A balanced, well written source on the history of American theatre, the Cambridge Guide to American Theatre belongs on the shelf of every fine arts reference collection. -Reference Book Review
...a far more inclusive, contemporary and just plain useful book. -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner
Recommended for all literary reference collections. -R.R. Centing, Choice
...an impressive repository of information that every student of American drama--and, more broadly, American culture--will want to own....In the past few months, I have reached for this book scores of times, and have always found its information extremely helpful, its lucid prose a pleasure to read. It is an invaluable reference tool of which eighty-three fine scholars and Cambridge University Press can justifiably be very proud. -Stephen Watt, The Journal of the American Society for Theatre Research
...an impressive, comprehensive encyclopedia of the people, plays, performances, and events of theatre and theatre-related activity...extremely valuable resource for anyone interested in the performing arts in this country... one of the major standard reference books in the field. -Sam Abel, New England Theatre Journal
...should rapidly become a standard reference work... a major achievement whose myriad uses are as easy to imagine as they are impossible to enumerate. -Jackson R. Bryer, Times Higher Education Supplement
...refreshingly unusual in its coverage of the theatrical past of a country that generally does not care much about it. The entries cover a wide range of subjects...an extremely good browse, with so many intriguing cross-references. -The Economist
Informative and entertaining...serves admirably for occasional theatergoer to drama expert, covering earliest to contemporary periods....Clearly written, it features cross references, a bibliographical listings and biographical index. -Lil Medas, The Reading Lamp
...essentiaL to any library from secondary schools upward....This guide represents an essential source for students and scholars of U.S. theater. -American Reference Books Annual
The Cambridge Guide offers broader, more balanced, and more accurate coverage of American theatre. -MLA: Literary Research Guide
