The Palgrave handbook of musical theatre producers. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Palgrave handbook of musical theater producers; Musical theater producers
• Further Information: Note: Laura MacDonald, William A. Everett, editors.
• Editors: (Lecturer), MacDonald, Laura; Everett, William A, 1962-
• Other Names: Association for Theatre in Higher Education (U.S.); Most fabulous producers
• Contents: Overture: 1. A ballyhoo for producers / Laura MacDonald and William A. Everett; 2. Actors act. Directors Direct. Producers ... produce? Mel Brooks's The Producers and the creation of an archetype / Kathryn Edney -- Act 1. To the 1940s: 3. Tony Pastor: the father of vaudeville / Gillian M. Rodger; 4. Adolf Philipp and the German American musical comedy / John Koegel; 5. George Edwardes: the Guv'nor of late Victorian musical theatre / William A. Everett; 6. Charles Frohman: king of the star-makers / Brian D. Valencia; 7. Aggressive, beleaguered, commercial, defiant: Marc Klaw and Abraham Erlanger / Marlis Schweitzer; 8. Did the Shuberts save Broadway? The corporate producers / Anthony Vickery; 9. Sam Harris: a producing patron of innovation / Alisa Roost; 10. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s "Simple idea": girls and music in tastefully extravagant settings / Todd Decker; 11. Feather-footed impresario: TheScandals of George White / Maya Cantu; 12. Alexander A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley: the smart sophisticates / Jennifer Ashley Tepper and William A. Everett; 13. Coherency: Lew Fields, the performer-producer and experimenter in integration / Dominic Symonds; 14. Firm foundations: James Cassius Williamson and "The Firm" / Frank Van Straten; 15. Japanese women's popular musicals: the Takarazuka Revue / Nobuko Anan. Act 2. From the 1940s through the 1970s: 16. Refining the tastes of Broadway audiences: the Theatre Guild and American musical theatre / Claudia Wilsch Case; 17. More than a producer: "George Abbott Presents" / Paul R. Laird; 18. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the sound of money / Valerie M. Joyce; 19. The nice one: the productions of Robert Griffith / Michael Schwartz; 20. The sparkplug and the engineer: balancing art and business in the collaboration of Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin / Dominic McHugh; 21. Roger L. Stevens: the great facilitator / Karen Patricia Heath; 22. "He could get it for you wholesale": the producing genius of David Merrick / Ryan McKinney; 23. Stuart Ostrow: experiments in independence / Elissa Harbert; 24. Hal Prince: artistry in producing / Paul R. Laird; 25. Korean musical theatre's past: Yegrin and the politics of 1960s musical theatre / Ji Hyon (Kayla) Yuh; 26. Joseph Papp and the Public Theater / Elizabeth L. Wollman; 27. Giora Godik: the "Showporter" turned artistic producer / Shiraz Biggie; 28. The West End (and Broadway) head east: Tōhō International and Gekidan Shiki / Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Act 3. Since the 1970s: 29. The Shubert Organization: one singular sensation, now and forever / Mark E. Swartz; 30. Emanuel Azenberg's life in theatre: "Happiness Is Equilibrium. Shift Your Weight" / Sarah Taylor Ellis; 31. Cameron Mackintosh: modern global impresario / Jessica Sternfeld; 32. Laying down the RUG: Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Really Useful Group, and musical theatre in a global economy / Kyle A. Thomas; 33. "My American Dream": dreaming of Broadway and the West End in the Philippines / Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco; 34. Trading globally in Austrian history: Vereinigte Bühnen Wien / Laura MacDonald; 35. From Amsterdam with love: stage entertainment's global success / Sanne Thierens; 36. West Side Story: the journey to Lincoln Center Theater / Doug Reside; 37. Making musicals that matter: George C. Wolfe and Oskar Eustis at the Public Theater / Donatella Galella; 38. Broadway-bound: La Jolla Playhouse as a laboratory for new American musical theatre / Claudia Wilsch Case; 39. Our brand is revival: the Roundabout Theatre Company / Bryan M. Vandevender; 40. Reclaiming, restoring, and reviving the American musical: City CenterEncores! / Bryan M. Vandevender; 41. Garth Drabinsky's "Grand Moves": artistic ambition and commercial illusions in the 1990s / Todd Decker; 42. Disney theatrical productions: anything can happen if you let it / Amy S. Osatinski; 43. Against all odds: Kevin McCollum, creating communities through theatre / Chris McCoy. 44. "I am them": Tyler Perry's black musical theatre for the masses / Rashida Z. Shaw; 45. Between Broadway and the local: Arts Communication International (ACOM), Seol & Company, and the South Korean musical industry / Hyunjung Lee; 46. Performing like a concert king or a queen: producing original Filipino musicals / Sir Anril Pineda Tiatco; 47. Producing musicals in Russia at the turn of the twenty-first century: navigating across socialism, capitalism, occidentalism, and nostalgia / Art Babayants; 48. David Stone: defying the gravity of expectations / David Carlyon; 49. Art for ART's Sake: the American Repertory Theatre / Stuart J. Hecht; 50. Roth and son: Daryl Roth and Jordan Roth on Broadway / Laura MacDonald -- Curtain call: 51. New paradigms for Broadway producers in popular culture and Beyond:Smash and the rise of the Passion Project / Mary Jo Lodge -- Selected bibliography.
• Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]
• Publisher Details: New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (64 entries)
• Subjects: 782.1/4092; Musicals -- History and criticism; Musical theater producers and directors -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Musical theater producers and directors; Musicals; Performing Arts -- Theater -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Performing Arts -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Theatre studies; Dance & other performing arts; Film: styles & genres; Theater—Production and direction; Theater; Performing arts; Film genres; Performing Arts -- Theater -- Direction & Production; Theatre direction & production; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786847010; 1786847019; 9781137433084; 1137433086
• Related ISBNs: 1137440295; 9781137440297
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Title page of print version.
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