Milestones in Musical Theatre (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Lodge, Mary Jo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Milestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its earliest incarnations, especially those crafted by Black creators, to its rise as a global phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000896268
• Artikelnr.: 68109300

Autorenporträt

Mary Jo Lodge is Professor of Theater at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, the current Producing Artistic Director for the Lafayette Theater Department and an active director/choreographer and musical theatre scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Setting the stage for musical theatre milestones

Mary Jo Lodge

1. Early successful shows on Broadway by Black creators and the movement away from minstrel stereotypes



Eric M. Glover



2. The musical goes legit: From H.M.S. Pinafore to South Pacific



Paul R. Laird



3. "An Ally in the Fight": The civic engagement of activist musicals



Virginia Anderson



4. The ascension of the director of the Broadway musical



Mary Jo Lodge



5. "To being an us for once, instead of a them": Musical theatre aesthetics and youth-oriented musicals



Barrie Gelles



6. Megahits and megamusicals: Achieving worldwide success with shows that (seem to) run forever



Raymond Knapp and Holley Roplogle-Wong



7. Global musical hits beyond American shores



Olaf Jubin



8. From the West Side to Washington Heights: Transforming Latinx representation in American musical theatre



Colleen Rua



9. My Fair Lady in Japan: The dawn of the East Asian musical theatre boom



Rina Tanaka



10. Women in charge: Female creative teams and Waitress



Paige Allen and Stacy Wolf