Mark A. Robinson

A theatre, film and television historian, Mark A. Robinson is the author of the books Musical Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak, The Disney Song Encyclopedia (both with Thomas S. Hischak), Sitcommentary: Television Comedies That Changed America, The Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs, and the two-volume reference series The World of Musicals. A featured writer for several theatre websites, including BroadwayDirect.com, ShowTickets.com, and Playbill.com, Mark has spent the last fifteen years researching and writing about theatre, film, and television. He is also a travel and tourism writer for a variety of e-commerce platforms. 

Mark is a graduate of the State University of New York in Cortland with a degree in Speech/Theatre. He has taught high school theatre and writing, and regularly directs youth and professional theatre productions. A resident of Upstate New York, Mark has been honored by the New York State Legislature for his work bringing arts education to underprivileged youth in economically repressed areas.   

Mark has written the plot synopses for the Grammy-nominated Broadway Records cast albums of Fiddler on the Roof and Lincoln Center Theater’s My Fair Lady, and wrote the liner notes for the official 2019 Tony Award Season album. He maintains the musical theatre blog “The Music That Makes Me Dance”.