Introduction ; Guys and dolls / music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows ; The pajama game / book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ; My fair lady / adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe ; Gypsy / book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; A funny thing happened on the way to the forum / book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; Fiddler on the roof / book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; Cabaret / book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb ; 1776 / book by Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ; Additional lyrics ; Biographical notes ; Broadway production notes ; Note on the texts ; Notes ; Sources and acknowledgments