这是一本不同寻常的曼哈顿指南，作者称之为「表演制图」（performance cartography）。城市和音乐各是文化形式之一，而百老汇正是定义此城面貌的重要特征。

作者将百老汇的音乐本身作为认识纽约的一份地图，书中提供六条散策路线，透过乐谱（视觉）、音乐（听觉）及实际演出，带领读者穿过曼哈顿景观、攀上屋顶、搭乘地铁、跨越摩天大楼，以百老汇的音乐歌舞勾勒出纽约这个城市的形象。

本书目录

Pre-amble: The Great White Way

Walk 1: A Glance at New York

Walk 2: Another Hundred People

Walk 3: Broadway Rhythm

Walk 4: Stairway to Paradise

Walk 5: Time Steps

Walk 6: So Great They Named It Twice

Next Steps: Performance Cartography

本书好评

“A witty, whimsical exploration of how the physical place of Broadway has been represented in song.  The book brings place into an ongoing scholarly conversation about the ways in which Broadway musicals do important cultural work and adds layers of meaning to a form that is generally considered solely in terms of words and music.”

— Andrea Most, University of Toronto

“With an ear attuned to the rhythmic and harmonic structures of the musical, Symonds proposes inventive and sometimes audacious new interpretations of classic Broadway songs and songwriters. His examples explore how form and experience shape each other and provide affective maps of the city. . . . Broadway Rhythm offers a new way to read the American musical.”

— Shane Vogel, Indiana University

本书作者

Dominic Symonds

英国林肯大学艺术设计学院讲师，他的研究除了音乐剧外，2010 年亦开始着重地点与演出之间的关系。