Musicals 13

Meredith Willson marched into the hearts of American music lovers with productions such as the "The Music Man" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," and unforgettable show tunes like "76 Trombones." It ……続きを見る

As a legacy of the Habsburg Empire, performances of Jacques Offenbach's musical stage works played an important role in Budapest musico-theatrical life in the twentieth century. However, between the……続きを見る

"Live! From a basement in America’s favorite ungovernably-diverse, low-income neighborhood," the imaginary Foursquare Neighborhood Band in fictional Rustville, Illinois presents a three-act musical ……続きを見る

"Viva! O texto clássico da Professora Lucy Green já está disponível. Em sua segunda edição, para uma nova geração. A primeira edição contribuiu para o desenvolvimento de um novo campo, a Sociologia ……続きを見る

The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes and Disagreements is purposely meant to start arguments and to settle them. Broadway musical fans won’t always agree with the conclusions musical theat……続きを見る

From television shows like Glee and Smash to the phenomenon of the Broadway show Hamilton, musical theatre has never been more popular. In So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre, Updated and Expanded E……続きを見る

The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs. Who was Emily in Pink Floyd's See Emily Play? What happened to Suzanne Verdal, immortalised in Leonard Cohen'……続きを見る

The definitive book on the world's most beloved musical, TheSound of Music Companion charts the incredible and enduring story of Maria von Trapp and her story over the last hundred years – from Mari……続きを見る

What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others. The Northern Soul scene has confounded……続きを見る

The story of one young lad's journey into adulthood, inspired by a man who was to become an icon. A holiday photograph of a 10 year old lad leaning over the garden fence with the Huddersfield Town m……続きを見る

In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the spirit of Great Britain. A century later, with the musical and cultural ……続きを見る

Even the greatest songwriters (and Spandau Ballet) have had the odd bad day at the office. Or more likely, a bad few minutes in the studio toilets scribbling the first words they can think of on the……続きを見る

Por que o título Pirenópolis: Paisagens Sonoras? Quem é de Goiás entende que o som perfaz tudo que rodeia esta cidade. Os olhares mais atentos reconhecem nela também sua diversidade, e consequenteme……続きを見る

The Music of Film opens up the world of film music from the inside. Through a series of interviews and conversations with professional composers, music supervisors, music editors, and picture editor……続きを見る

The Music Man stands as one of the greatest achievements in American musical theatre, but few know about its rocky beginnings and the against-all-odds success story of its creator Meredith Willson. ……続きを見る

Female musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They also face a unique and specific set of issues when approaching their craft, f……続きを見る

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