Thomas S. Hischak is the author of twenty-two books on popular music, theatre, and film, including such titles as Theatre as Human Action and Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood. He is professor of theatre at the State University of New York College at Cortland. He is also the author of twenty-three published plays. Mark A. Robinson is a longtime Disney fan who has directed plays and musicals and taught theatre and film in various high schools in Nebraska and New York State. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs, and has also published poetry. Robinson graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland with a B.A. in theatre.