Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre.
This revealing and comprehensive book tells the full story of Jerry Herman’s life and career, from his early work in cabaret to his recent compositions for stage, screen, and television.
Music Theory for Musical Theatre is a textbook designed to demystify music theory and analysis to make it more accessible to the musical theatre student.
In West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical, Wells presents a major scholarly study of the famous American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives.
An entertaining and informative new guidebook to the creation of the musical show, filled with anecdotes, practical advice, and sparkling commentary from the biggest Broadway insiders.
Written by Barry Singer-one of contemporary musical theater's most authoritative chroniclers-Ever After was originally published in 2003 as a history of the previous twenty-five years in musical theater, on and off Broadway.
It began as an artist's desperate desire to express himself inside a worldwide pandemic, but in one year's time it has grown into a theater industry and country-wide outlet for healing, grief, justice, and hope in the theater community.
In The Mikado to Matilda: British Musicals on the New York Stage, Thomas Hischak provides an overview of British musicals that made their way to Broadway, covering their entire history up to the present day.
Marcel Beyer hat mit seinem vielfach ausgezeichneten Schaffen auf einzigartige Weise Grenzbereiche zwischen Literatur, Musik und Kulturtheorie erkundet.
Hip-Hop culture's explosive arrival on the art scene of New York in the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx in the 1970s began to influence all aspects of musical theater from singing to scenic design.
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.
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.
Discover John Kander and Fred Ebb, the most artistically and commercially successful musical theatre writing team since Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a brand new way.
When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman-the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Man-he hoped it would be his big break, the first step on a gilt path to artistic triumph and commercial success in the form of a hit Broadway musical.
With its groundbreaking score, unabashed romanticism, and scrappy sensibility, Rent was like a firecracker thrown into a hushed theater, turning heads and upending conventions.
This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this uniquely American art form-and discover films they'll love.
The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965 provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma!
Durch den teils massiven Publikumsschwund nach der Pandemie stellt sich die Frage, ob diese als Brandbeschleuniger gewirkt hat für bereits vorhandene Trends.
The American musical has long provided an important vehicle through which writers, performers, and audiences reimagine who they are and how they might best interact with the world around them.
Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Orchesterinstrumente und erleben Sie eine Reise durch Jahrhunderte musikalischer Entwicklung und kultureller Vielfalt.
Music by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIBook by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua LoganAdapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A.
Denkt man an Filmmusik, kommen einem selten die vielen subtilen Momente in den Sinn, in denen die Tonebene die Erzählung und Stimmung eines Films wesentlich, aber unauffällig prägt – die "ungehörten Melodien", die Claudia Gorbman vor mehr als 30 Jahren zum filmmusikalischen Begriff machte.
Denkt man an Filmmusik, kommen einem selten die vielen subtilen Momente in den Sinn, in denen die Tonebene die Erzählung und Stimmung eines Films wesentlich, aber unauffällig prägt – die "ungehörten Melodien", die Claudia Gorbman vor mehr als 30 Jahren zum filmmusikalischen Begriff machte.
Marcel Beyer hat mit seinem vielfach ausgezeichneten Schaffen auf einzigartige Weise Grenzbereiche zwischen Literatur, Musik und Kulturtheorie erkundet.
