Millie Taylor, Adam Rush

Musical Theatre Histories (eBook, ePUB)

Expanding the Narrative

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art form, or as having separate histories in London and New York. Musical Theatre Histories: Expanding the Narrative, however, depicts the musical as neither American nor British, but both and more, having grown out of frequent and substantial interactions between both centres (and beyond). Through multiple thematic 'histories', Millie Taylor and Adam Rush take readers on a series of journeys that include the art form's European and American origins, African American influences, negotiations arounddiversity, national identity, and the globalisation of the form, as well as revival culture, censorship and the place of social media in
the 21st century.

Each chapter includes case studies and key concept boxes to identify, explain and contextualise important discussions, offering an accessible study of a dynamic and ever evolving medium.
Written and developed for undergraduate students, this introductory textbook provides a newly focused and alternative way of understanding musical theatre history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350293779
• Artikelnr.: 65154109

Autorenporträt

Millie Taylor is Professor of Musical Theatre at the University of Winchester, UK. She worked as a freelance musical director and, for almost twenty years, toured Britain and Europe with a variety of musicals including West Side Story, Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Sweeney Todd. Recent publications include British Pantomime Performance (2007), Singing for Musicals: A Practical Guide (2008), Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment (2012), and with Dominic Symonds the edited collection Gestures of Music Theatre: The Performativity of Song and Dance (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

'Why We Tell the Story': Introduction Historiography and Context(s)
Deciphering Multiple Histories How to Read this Book Chapter 1 - 'Do You
Hear the People Sing?': From Operetta to Poperetta European Origins Musical
Comedy and Broadway Operetta (1900-1940) American Origins Into the
Twentieth Century The Musical Play and Beyond (1940-1960) Fragmentation and
the Concept Musical The Megamusical, or Poperetta Conclusion Chapter 2 -
'New Music': From Ragtime to Rap Ragtime and Early African American Music
Early African American Musical Theatre Shuffle Along, And All That Jazz The
Rise of Minstrelsy and 'Coon Songs' Dreamgirls and Motown Rap, Hip-Hop and
Hamilton Conclusion Chapter 3 - 'Waving Through A Window': From Intertext
to Instagram Literary Adaptations Stage and Screen Interactions The
Wonderful World of Oz Singin' in the Rain and the Hollywood Film Musical
Disney and the Animated Musical Cast Recordings You Already Know You're
Gonna Love It. Television Musicals Social Media and the Worldwide Web (of
Showtunes) Conclusion Chapter 4 - 'Easy to be Hard': From Censorship to Sex
Legal Censorship in Britain, 1485-1843 A Changing Landscape, 1843-1968
Censorship in America, 1620-1967 Politics meets Finance Hair (and all that
followed) Self-Censorship and Political Correctness Conclusion Chapter 5 -
'Stand Up': From Gender Duality to Diversity Late Victorian Britain Music
Hall and Variety Early Twentieth Century Transatlantic Transfers The
'Golden Age' - Post-World War II Diversity and Difference - After the 1960s
Into the Twenty First Century Conclusion Chapter 6 - 'Another National
Anthem': From Ourselves to the Other Before the Great War World War II and
Post-War Reconstruction 1990s British Resurgence (as Mythologised in
American Musicals) Challenging American Mythology Hybrid Influences in
Musical Theatre Conclusion Chapter 7 - 'A Whole New World': From The Mikado
to the Megamusical Colonialism Culture within Colonialism The Cultural
Dimension of Globalisation Global Producers and International Productions
Conclusion Chapter 8 - 'Journey to the Past': From Revival to Revisal
Reviving Gypsy 1970s American Revivals New Models and Styles (Concert and
Small-Scale Productions, Actor-Musicianship, Opera House Productions)
Revision and Reinvention Conclusion Abstracts + Keywords Bibliography