Strike up the band a new history of musical theatre by scott miller. Strike up the band a new history of musical theatre by miller scott paperback. In fact strike up the band opens a new and vitally important discussion of the roles played in the musicals history by people of color by gays and lesbians by people with disabilities and by. In fact strike up the band opens a new and vitally important discussion of the roles played in the musicals history by people of color by gays and lesbians by people with disabilities and by women it frames musical theatre as an important irreplaceable piece of american history and demonstrates how it reflects the social and political conditions of its time and how it changes them