Milestones in musical theatre. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mary Jo Lodge.
• Editors: Lodge, Mary Jo
• Contents: Introduction: Setting the stage for musical theatre milestones Mary Jo Lodge 1. Early successful shows on Broadway by Black creators and the movement away from minstrel stereotypes Eric M. Glover 2. The musical goes legit: From H.M.S. Pinafore to South Pacific Paul R. Laird 3. "An Ally in the Fight": The civic engagement of activist musicals Virginia Anderson 4. The ascension of the director of the Broadway musical Mary Jo Lodge 5. "To being an us for once, instead of a them": Musical theatre aesthetics and youth-oriented musicals Barrie Gelles 6. Megahits and megamusicals: Achieving worldwide success with shows that (seem to) run forever Raymond Knapp and Holley Roplogle-Wong 7. Global musical hits beyond American shores Olaf Jubin 8. From the West Side to Washington Heights: Transforming Latinx representation in American musical theatre Colleen Rua 9. My Fair Lady in Japan: The dawn of the East Asian musical theatre boom Rina Tanaka 10. Women in charge: Female creative teams and Waitress Paige Allen and Stacy Wolf
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (226 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 782.1409; Musicals -- History and criticism; Musical theater
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000896268; 9781000896251
• Related ISBNs: 9781032188287; 9781032188263
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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