The Routledge companion to musical theatre

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The Routledge companion to musical theatre

edited by Laura MacDonald and Ryan Donovan with William A. Everett

(Routledge theatre and performance companions)(Routledge companions)

Routledge, 2023

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Gives a truly comprehensive breadth of coverage of every aspect of musical theatre, from its history to how it is produced to how it is experienced. This makes for an ideal primer for any aspect of the subject. Takes a deliberately global approach, citing at least one non-Western case study in each chapter, in keeping with the global outlook of much contemporary teaching and scholarship. Musical Theatre is one of the main growth areas in Theatre and Performance, with dedicated conservatories, departments and a core place on all performing arts degrees.

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Foreword Diane Paulus Part 1: What Introduction: On Musicals San Bao Musical Theater Mobilities: Around the World in Eighty Years David Savran An American in Tokyo? Musical Theatre Dance's Transnational Movements Ryan Donovan "How a World Can Seem So Vast": The Craft of Musical Theatre Dramaturgy Lindsey R. Barr and Laura MacDonald The Singing Voice Masi Asare "The Song Is You": Song Types and Genres in Musical Theatre William A. Everett Part 2: When Introduction: Dark Primal Energy, Ancestor Memory, and American Exceptionalism Andre De Shields with Kenneth J. Cerniglia From Ballad Opera to Minstrelsy and Back: Social Class, Race, and Gender on the North American Musical Stage Kristin Moriah From the 1870s through World War I: The Spectre and Spectacle of the Human Body Maya Cantu Boom to Bust: Genre Borders, Color Lines, and Women Stars in the Musical between the World Wars Todd Decker World War II and the Cold War: Reflections and Refractions of Ourselves, Then and Now Dominic McHugh Since the 1980s: The Global Musical Theatre Ecology Kelsey Blair Part 3: Who Introduction: Who Makes a Musical? Georgia Stitt Musical Theatre Training in the Twenty-First Century: A Primer Amy S. Osatinski and Bud Coleman "Forget About the Boy": Women and Creative Collaborations in Musical Theatre Arianne Johnson Quinn and Clare Chandler Good Gals Wear Black: Offstage Labor and the Musical Christine Snyder Mediated Taste: The Role of Critics Paul R. Laird From Stage Door to Cyberspace: The Digital Evolution of Musical Theatre Fandom Adam Rush and Stephanie Lim Part 4: How Introduction: How Musicals Work: A Press Representative's View Chris Boneau Fitting the Slipper: The Art of Adaptation for the Musical Stage William A. Everett Harnessing Technology: The Evolving Labor of Design in Musical Theatre Virginia Anderson Humming the Scenery: The Aesthetics of Musical Theatre Spectacle Douglas L. Reside "That's Showbiz, Kid": Casting as Process and Product Ryan Donovan The Foundation, Function, and Future of the Musical Theatre Director Mary Jo Lodge and Anne Healy How Dancers and Choreographers Work: The Laboring Bodies of Musical Theatre Joanna Dee Das "The Name on Everybody's Lips": Marketing Musical Theatre Laura MacDonald A Critical Guide to Code-Meshing, Multilingualism, and Musicals Samuel Yates Part 5: Where Introduction: Scenes from a Showbiz Couple's Travelogue Kim Varhola Centers of Musical Theatre Alex Badue, Jennifer C.H.J. Wilson, Laura Milburn, Leesi Patrick, and Sir Anril P. Tiatco Pilots and Petticoats: Original Musicals in Continental Europe Jeroen van Wijhe and Jacek Mikolajczyk The Broadway-Style Musical in/and Global Asias: 1920-2019 Sissi Liu and Rina Tanaka "One of the best ways to please the locals is to go to New York": US American Regional Theatres and New Musical Theatre Development Claudia Wilsch Case "We're All in This Together": Student and Amateur Performances Kenneth J. Cerniglia Mediated Musical Theatre Sam O'Connell Part 6: Why Introduction: Into the Theatre Yilun (Della) Wu Journeys to the Past: The Uses of Memory and Nostalgia in Musical Theatre Bryan M. Vandevender What's in a Name? The Multiplicities of the Musical John Koegel Interrogating America's National Myth Onstage: Case Studies on the Individual and the Community in U.S. Musical Theatre Katie Welsh and Stacy Wolf Translating Race in Musical Theatre Ji Hon (Kayla) Yuh and Emilio Mendez Rios "Art Isn't Easy" (and Neither is Commerce): The Musical Stays in the Money Michael Schwartz "World"-Traveling, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Making of Musicals in the Twenty-First Century Trevor Boffone

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