Michael John Lachiusa
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A History Of The American Musical Theatre
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Author : Nathan Hurwitz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-27
A History Of The American Musical Theatre written by Nathan Hurwitz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-27 with History categories.
From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developments in musical theatre during that period.
See What I Wanna See
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Author : Joshua Aaron Robinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
See What I Wanna See written by Joshua Aaron Robinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Musicals categories.
The Routledge Companion To The Contemporary Musical
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Author : Jessica Sternfeld
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-16
The Routledge Companion To The Contemporary Musical written by Jessica Sternfeld and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-16 with Music categories.
The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical is dedicated to the musical’s evolving relationship to American culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In the past decade-and-a-half, international scholars from an ever-widening number of disciplines and specializations have been actively contributing to the interdisciplinary field of musical theater studies. Musicals have served not only to mirror the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural tenor of the times, but have helped shape and influence it, in America and across the globe: a genre that may seem, at first glance, light-hearted and escapist serves also as a bold commentary on society. Forty-four essays examine the contemporary musical as an ever-shifting product of an ever-changing culture. This volume sheds new light on the American musical as a thriving, contemporary performing arts genre, one that could have died out in the post-Tin Pan Alley era but instead has managed to remain culturally viable and influential, in part by newly embracing a series of complex contradictions. At present, the American musical is a live, localized, old-fashioned genre that has simultaneously developed into an increasingly globalized, tech-savvy, intensely mediated mass entertainment form. Similarly, as it has become increasingly international in its scope and appeal, the stage musical has also become more firmly rooted to Broadway—the idea, if not the place—and thus branded as a quintessentially American entertainment.
Gestures Of Music Theater
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Author : Dominic Symonds
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-02
Gestures Of Music Theater written by Dominic Symonds and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Music categories.
Gestures of Music Theatre: The Performativity of Song and Dance offers new, cutting-edge essays focusing on song and dance as performative gestures that not only entertain but also act on audiences and performers. The chapters range across musical theatre, opera, theatre and other artistic practices, from Glee to Gardzienice, Beckett to Disney, Broadway to Turner-Prize-winning sound installation. The chapters draw together these diverse examples of vocality and physicality by exploring their affect rather than through considering them as texts. The book's contributors derive methodologies from many disciplines. Resisting discrete discipline-based enquiry, they share methodologies and performance repertoires with discipline-based scholarship from theatre studies, musicology and cultural studies, amongst other approaches. Together, they view these as neighboring voices whose dialogue enriches the study of contemporary music theatre.
Michael John Lachiusa
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Author : Joshua Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Release Date : 2025-07-24
Michael John Lachiusa written by Joshua Robinson and has been published by Methuen Drama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-24 with Music categories.
The first critical analysis of the work of five–time TONY Award-nominated composer, lyricist and librettist Michael John LaChiusa, best known for his innovative and daring works in musical theatre.
Off Broadway Musicals 1910 2007
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Author : Dan Dietz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-03-10
Off Broadway Musicals 1910 2007 written by Dan Dietz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-10 with Performing Arts categories.
Despite an often unfair reputation as being less popular, less successful, or less refined than their bona-fide Broadway counterparts, Off Broadway musicals deserve their share of critical acclaim and study. A number of shows originally staged Off Broadway have gone on to their own successful Broadway runs, from the ever-popular A Chorus Line and Rent to more off-beat productions like Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors. And while it remains to be seen if other popular Off Broadway shows like Stomp, Blue Man Group, and Altar Boyz will make it to the larger Broadway theaters, their Off Broadway runs have been enormously successful in their own right. This book discusses more than 1,800 Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, showcase, and workshop musical productions. It includes detailed descriptions of Off Broadway musicals that closed in previews or in rehearsal, selected musicals that opened in Brooklyn and in New Jersey, and American operas that opened in New York, along with general overviews of Off Broadway institutions such as the Light Opera of Manhattan. The typical entry includes the name of the host theater or theaters; the opening date and number of performances; the production's cast and creative team; a list of songs; a brief plot synopsis; and general comments and reviews from the New York critics. Besides the individual entries, the book also includes a preface, a bibliography, and 21 appendices including a discography, filmography, a list of published scripts, and lists of musicals categorized by topic and composer.
Show Tunes
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Author : Steven Suskin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-09
Show Tunes written by Steven Suskin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-09 with Music categories.
Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Legendary composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, and Sondheim have been joined by more recent songwriters like Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, and Adam Guettel. This majestic reference book covers their work, their innovations, their successes, and their failures. Show Tunes is simply the most comprehensive volume of its kind ever produced, and this newly revised and updated edition discusses almost 1,000 shows and 9,000 show tunes. The book has been called "a concise skeleton key to the Broadway musical" (Variety) and "a ground-breaking reference work with a difference" (Show Music)-or, as the Washington Post observed, "It makes you sing and dance all over your memory." The eagerly anticipated Fourth Edition, updated through May, 2009, features the entire theatrical output of forty of Broadway's leading composers, in addition to a wide selection of work by other songwriters. The listings include essential production data and statistics, the most extensive information available on published and recorded songs, and lively commentary on the shows, songs, and diverse careers. Based on meticulous research, the book also uncovers dozens of lost musicals-including shows that either closed out of town or were never headed for Broadway-and catalogs hundreds of previously unknown songs, including a number of musical gems that have been misplaced, cut, or forgotten. Informative, insightful, and provocative, Show Tunes is an essential guide for anyone interested in the American musical.
The Great Monologues From The Est Marathon
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Author : Kristin Graham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Great Monologues From The Est Marathon written by Kristin Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Acting categories.
Presents sixty-two monologues from one -set plays first performed at the Ensemble Studio Theatre 1978-91.
The Best Plays Of
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Best Plays Of written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Drama categories.
Opera
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Opera written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Opera categories.