Jessica Sternfeld is a lifelong musical theater fan and performer. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University, and teaches the history and cultural contexts of musical theater, opera, pop genres, and Western Classical and Romantic music. She is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she lives.
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Why'd You Choose Such a Backward Time and Such a Strange Land?": Jesus Christ Superstar 2. "Humming the Scenery": The Megamusical Ascending 3. "Well, the Theatre Is Certainly Not What It Was": Cats 4. "To Love Another Person Is to See the Face of God": Les Misérables 5. "The Angel of Music Sings Songs in My Head": The Phantom of the Opera 6. "A Model of Decorum and Tranquility": Other Megamusicals in the 1980s 7. "New Music": The Megamusical in the 1990s 8. "Everything Is Show Biz": The Megamusical and Broadway in the Twenty-first Century Appendices A. Jesus Christ Superstar Plot Summary and List of Recurring Musical Material B. Evita Plot Summary C. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Plot Summary D. Cats Plot Summary and Table of Recurring Musical Material E. Sources of Lyrics in Cats F. Les Misérables Plot Summary and List of Numbers G. List of Recurring Musical Material in Les Misérables H. The Phantom of the Opera Plot Summary and List of Numbers I. List of Recurring Musical Material in The Phantom of the Opera Notes Bibliography Index
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Why'd You Choose Such a Backward Time and Such a Strange Land?": Jesus Christ Superstar 2. "Humming the Scenery": The Megamusical Ascending 3. "Well, the Theatre Is Certainly Not What It Was": Cats 4. "To Love Another Person Is to See the Face of God": Les Misérables 5. "The Angel of Music Sings Songs in My Head": The Phantom of the Opera 6. "A Model of Decorum and Tranquility": Other Megamusicals in the 1980s 7. "New Music": The Megamusical in the 1990s 8. "Everything Is Show Biz": The Megamusical and Broadway in the Twenty-first Century Appendices A. Jesus Christ Superstar Plot Summary and List of Recurring Musical Material B. Evita Plot Summary C. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Plot Summary D. Cats Plot Summary and Table of Recurring Musical Material E. Sources of Lyrics in Cats F. Les Misérables Plot Summary and List of Numbers G. List of Recurring Musical Material in Les Misérables H. The Phantom of the Opera Plot Summary and List of Numbers I. List of Recurring Musical Material in The Phantom of the Opera Notes Bibliography Index
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