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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 t……続きを見る

Il jazz è un genere musicale nato agli inizi del XX secolo come evoluzione di forme musicali già utilizzate dagli schiavi afroamericani. Inizialmente aveva la forma di "canzoni di lavoro" (work song……続きを見る

This book aims to redress the critical neglect of Frank McCourt’s life-writing, which has been dismissed all too frequently as «misery memoir» and deemed commercially driven or aesthetically and pol……続きを見る

A pesquisa possui como base e linha norteadora de diálogo o ensaio do filósofo, escritor e tradutor Walter Benjamin, A obra de arte na era de sua reprodutibilidade técnica (1936), com o objetivo de ……続きを見る

Sophia Wright é famosa por ser amargurada, resmungona e muito solitária. O que é compreensível já que ninguém consegue encontrar a felicidade em plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, principalmente, logo ap……続きを見る

This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott's name became synonymous with the 'golden age' of Broadway. What did Abbott contribute? How did he work? How ……続きを見る

Winner of Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards 2023 'The men with the Piano look up the narrow staircase of our little flat and they turn to Dad, light their fags, and say; “We might have to take t……続きを見る

Dramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration o……続きを見る

A comprehensive reassessment of British musical films 1946-1972 including King's Rhapsody, Beat Girl, The Tommy Steele Story, Rock You Sinners, The Golden Disc, and Oliver! Acting as a sequel to Adr……続きを見る

Stephen Sondheim is one of the best-known and most-loved musical theatre composers, but also one of the most misunderstood, often being labelled as 'distant' or 'cynical'. Careful the Spell You Cast……続きを見る

From the first stage production of The Wizard of Oz in 1902, to the classic MGM film (1939), to the musicals The Wiz (1975) and Wicked (2003), L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard o……続きを見る

Irene Cara is the youngest daughter of a Latin musician, and she started her career by singing and dancing on Spanish television while playing with her fathers' mambo band. Since she began dazzling ……続きを見る

Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance, music, and theatre scholars and practitioners, The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre introduces the fundamentals o……続きを見る

The politics of Broadway musicals matter a great deal more to U.S. American culture than they appear to mean, and they are especially important to mainstream politics surrounding sex, gender, and se……続きを見る

No Brasil dos dias de hoje, a valsa ainda é uma dança importante nos rituais públicos femininos, bem como permanece no repertório tradicional do choro e da seresta. Em ambientes privados, as mulhere……続きを見る

The official behind-the-scenes companion to the stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future; includes the complete lyrics to all original songs! Welcome to Hill Valley! Creating Back to the Futur……続きを見る

This is the story of a band that was established by their high school music teacher by chance. As a group and as individuals, they rose to prominence. They reconvene for one more journey 15 years la……続きを見る

After all the curtain calls and the audience's uproarious cheers, Aden Malloy, a new Broadway musical star, is attacked in an alley after opening night. Left broken and crumbled among the hard brick……続きを見る

Songbook with 25 Evergreens from all over the world, notated for the Ocarina with 10 or 12 holes. The tones of the melodies were prepared with fingerings for the Ocarina, the rhythm of the tones is ……続きを見る

What should we consider when thinking about the relationship between an onstage performance and the story the performance tells? A Poetics of Handel's Operas explores this question by analyzing the ……続きを見る

Songbook with 33 Evergreens from all over the world, notated for the Mandolin. Some of the songs are polyphonic (for one player) and notated in tablature and classical notation. The sounds of the so……続きを見る

"Katy Perry: The Queen of Pop" is the ultimate celebration of one of the music industry's most beloved and accomplished artists. Written by Ivana Frank, a specialist in musical and photographic jour……続きを見る

Critics and fans alike often mistake theatrical song and dance as evoking a sweeping sense of simplicity, heteronormativity, and traditionalism. Nothing drove home this cultural misunderstanding for……続きを見る

Grigorii Aleksandrov’s musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s and ’40s. Drawing on studio documents, press materials, and int……続きを見る

Dance on the American Musical Theatre Stage: A History chronicles the development of dance, with an emphasis on musicals and the Broadway stage, in the United States from its colonial beginnings to ……続きを見る

British musicals have been wowing audiences since the 1700s. They have the power to produce tears of sadness and joy, to enrapture audiences with spellbinding songs and treat them to the most specta……続きを見る

Musicals are the most popular form of stage entertainment today, with the West End and Broadway dominated by numerous long-running hits. But for every Wicked or Phantom of the Opera, there are dozen……続きを見る

West End Producer is the anonymous Twitter sensation whose hilarious and unfailingly accurate barbs satirising and celebrating the theatre industry have won him a devoted following. His identity is ……続きを見る

An impassioned and invaluable guide for actors and students of musical theatre. In Acting Through Song,?Paul Harvard takes the techniques of modern actor training - including the theories of Stanisl……続きを見る

An insider's guide to achieving that dream career - by one of the brightest stars in musical theatre. Being in a West End or Broadway musical is the dream of thousands of talented performers. But co……続きを見る