Adapting the Wizard of Oz

Musical Versions from Baum to MGM and Beyond
Herausgeber: Birkett, Danielle; Mchugh, Dominic

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers new insights into the many musical forms of one of the most beloved stories of the 20th century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190663186
• ISBN-10: 0190663189
• Artikelnr.: 52822028

Autorenporträt

Danielle Birkett is Lecturer in Music at Northern Regional College. Her research presents the first full-length study of the 1947 Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow. Dominic McHugh is Senior Lecturer in Musicology and Director of Performance at the University of Sheffield. His publications include the books Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady (2012), Alan Jay Lerner: A Lyricist's Letters (2014) and The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (2018). He has appeared on BBC TV and radio numerous times, and has acted as a consultant to the Sydney Opera House's production of My Fair Lady, directed by Julie Andrews, as well as the Lincoln Center Theater production of the same musical.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: "Rainbow Reflections": The Wizard of Oz as a Musical
* Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh
* Chapter 1: "Starring Montgomery and Stone!": The Wizard of Oz
Musical Extravaganza (1902) and the Birth of a Brand
* Jonas Westover
* Chapter 2: The Road to Oz: From Book to Movie Musical
* Benjamin Sears
* Chapter 3: "Arlen and Harburg and More, Oh My!": The Cumulative
Creation of the Oz Songs
* Laura Lynn Broadhurst
* Chapter 4: Sounds Must Stir the Fantasy: Underscore as Special Effect
in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
* Nathan Platte
* Chapter 5: Dancing through Oz: Choreographic context in The Wizard of
Oz
* Claudia Funder
* Chapter 6: "The Merry Old Land of Oz?": MGM's Concerns and the
Shifting Reception History
* Danielle Birkett
* Chapter 7: "Friends of Dorothy": Queerness in and Beyond the Film
* Hannah Robbins
* Chapter 8: "We're Not in Kansas Any More": Three Stage Adaptations of
the MGM Film
* Dominic McHugh
* Chapter 9: "Ease on Down the Road": Black Routes and the Soul of The
Wiz
* Ryan Bunch
* Chapter 10: The Wizard of Oz and Wicked: Resonances, Legal Issues,
and the Appropriation of a Classic
* Paul Laird
* Chapter 11: "Beyond the Rainbow": Afterlives of the Songs from The
Wizard of Oz (1939)
* Walter Frisch
* Appendix 1: All Things Oz
* Bibliography
* Index