In the Blood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780595154272)

Scott Miller, artistic director of New Line Theatre in St. Louis, has written the book, music, and lyrics for nine musicals, as well as two plays. His musicals include Adam's Apple, Musical, Topsiders, The Line, Astro Turf, Attempting the Absurd, Breaking Out in Harmony, In the Blood, Johnny Appleweed; and his play Head Games has been produced in St. Louis, Los Angeles, London, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Miller has also written several books about musical theatre, including From Assassins to West Side Story; Deconstructing Harold Hill; Rebels with Applause; Let the Sun Shine In: The Genius of HAIR; Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre; and Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals. For fifteen years, he co-hosted the radio show Break a Leg: Theatre in St. Louis and Beyond on KDHX, and now he hosts the theatre podcast Stage Grok, available on iTunes.