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"A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical" is exactly what you're getting here, and if you missed the reference, "Changed for Good" is a key song from the musical Wicked. Initially panned by critics as entertainment for screaming teenage girls, Wicked overcame the slights of the critic world - most of whom are basically the opposite demographic from teenage girls.

Ms. Wolf uses that arc of critical reception to illustrate musical theater's journey as a whole. A bit strident in places, with a couple of head-shaking moments that weren't so egregious that I remember them, Changed for Good is the only book I've come across to approach musical theater from the female POV.

A charming read where I could identify with nearly all of the characters in some way, uncommon for me as I normally find myself inside the MC only. Enough plot for me to move forward without being blocked in fear. Worldbuilding is spread out, mostly being introduced as characters are, which works well for me.

A fine addition to my sapphic-witch-romance list, and one of the few that hits all three.

A Japan tourism overview in comic book style, in many instances being more informative than words alone could— like showing you how to use a JR rail pass, what foods you may encounter, and what toilets you may face. As it's from 2014, some particulars may have changed, but overall much more than it may seem from the cover.

A fine witchy romance for the season, one in which the main character questions her full identity, having fled her stifling small town to be a (less powerful) City Witch, and faces a powerful attraction to someone from a rival family with darker powers.

In the manner of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the magic here is parlor tricks and the points don't matter. Serious magic-heads who grumbled when authors just ripped off literal Latin words for spell names will be disappointed here. The whole concept of the town is magic as stage show, and the town competition is magic as Family Feud. The power of the story comes from the dangerous but irresistible attraction of the main couple, from light and dark magic families, and from the sinister magical caste system of the town, which low-caste Emmy had spent her adult life trying to flee.

Something of a hagiography, but has plenty of photos to help determine one's interest in going.