Studying Musical Theatre: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781137270948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 284 str.

Millie Taylor; Dominic Symonds

Opis

The ideal accompaniment to any study of musical theatre, this lively textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice of this popular theatre form. Bringing critical theory and musical theatre together, it focuses on a diverse range of key shows - from HMS Pinafore (1878) to Mamma Mia (1999) and Imago (2013).

Spis treści

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: READING TEXTS 1. 'A tale as old as time': Narrative Theory 2. 'A man who can interpret could go far': Semiotics and Semiology 3. 'Razzle dazzle 'em': Reception Theory and the Epic Musical 4. 'Life is a cabaret': Cultural Materialism PART II: INTERPRETING CONTEXTS 5. 'You've got to be carefully taught': Orientalism and Musical Theatre 6. 'I wanna be a producer': Globalization, Capitalism and Consumerism 7. 'What's the buzz?' Meta-narratives and Postlinearity PART III: PERFORMING IDENTITIES 8. 'Marry the man today': Feminism and the Performance of Identity 9. 'The bitch of living': Youth Cultures, Power, and Sexuality 10. 'I am what I am': Sexuality and Queer Theory PART IV: RETHINKING RELATIONSHIPS 11. 'It's the last midnight': Playing with Time and Space 12. 'I'm just a Broadway baby': Intertextuality in Music and Lyrics 13. 'Dreamgirls will make you happy': The Pleasures of Voice and Body 14. 'Make 'em laugh': The Politics of Entertainment Bibliography Index.

O autorze

Millie Taylor is Professor of Musical Theatre at the University of Winchester, UK. She is author of Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment, among other titles.

Dominic Symonds is Reader in Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is co-editor of the Studies in Musical Theatre journal, and author of the forthcoming We'll Have Manhattan: the Early Work of Rodgers and Hart, among other titles.

Blurb

The ideal accompaniment to any study of musical theatre, this lively textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice of this popular theatre form. Bringing critical theory and musical theatre together, Millie Taylor and Dominic Symonds explore the musical stage from a broad range of theoretical perspectives, including narrative theory, orientalism, gender theory and globalization.

Focusing on opera as well as musical theatre, Studying Musical Theatre considers dozens of diverse shows from 1607 to the present day. From Monteverdi to Mamma Mia, and from HMS Pinafore to Hedwig, this book offers an accessible and up-to-date guide to musical theatre for students, aficionados and enthusiasts alike.