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  • Musical Theatre Histories

    Expanding the Narrative

    by Millie Taylor, Adam Rush ...
    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 the musical as neither American nor British, but both and more, having grown out of frequent and substantial interactions between both centres (and beyond). Through multiple thematic 'histories', Millie ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • British Pantomime Performance

    British Pantomime Performance

    by Millie Taylor ...
    This original analysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentially transformative experience for, its audiences.British This is an accessible and valuable text that encourages readers to review their assumptions about pantomime and reconsider its importance as a popular theatre form. Pantomime draws ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • British Musical Theatre since 1950

    by Robert Gordon, Olaf Jubin, Millie Taylor ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British – as opposed to American – popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in order to explore the range of forms through which significant sociocultural moments are represented.Introductory chapters ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Gestures of Music Theater

    The Performativity of Song and Dance

    by Dominic Symonds, Millie Taylor ...
    Gestures of Music Theater: The Performativity of Song and Dance offers new, cutting-edge essays focusing on song and dance as performative gestures that not only entertain but also act on audiences and performers. The chapters range across musical theater, opera, theater, and other artistic practices, from Glee to Gardzienice, Beckett to Disney, Broadway to Turner-Prize-winning sound installation. ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment

    by Millie Taylor ...
    Series series Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera
    What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining? What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity in London's West End and on Broadway this book explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. It ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Theatre Music and Sound at the RSC

    Macbeth to Matilda

    by Millie Taylor ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre
    This book discusses an exciting laboratory that has been developing the practice of theatre music composition and sound design since 1961: the Royal Shakespeare Company. Musical practices have evolved as composers and musical directors inherited from the past and innovated with new technology; different interpretations of single plays in multiple iterations have provided a picture of developing ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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  • How to Write About Theatre

    A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers

    by Mark Fisher ...
    What do you do if you find yourself weeping in the stalls? How should you react to Jude Law's trousers or David Tennant's hair? Are you prepared to receive toilet paper in the post? What if the show you just damned turns out to be a classic? If you gave it a five-star rave will anyone believe you?Drawing on his long years of experience as a national newspaper critic, Mark Fisher answers such ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Broadway North

    The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre

    by Mel Atkey ...
    Did you know that the idea behind the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes was first tried out in Toronto? That Canada produced the world’s longest-running annual revue? Few people realize the Canadian influences that are at the heart of American and British culture.Author Mel Atkey’s research for Broadway North included interviews with Norman and Elaine Campbell and Don Harron, creators of Anne of ... Read more

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  • The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen

    Critical Approaches from 'Snow White' to 'Frozen'

    Edited by George Rodosthenous ...
    The Disney Musical: Critical Approaches on Stage and Screen is the first critical treatment of the corporation's hugely successful musicals both on screen and on the stage. Its 13 articles open up a new territory in the critical discussion of the Disney mega-musical, its gender, sexual and racial politics, outreach work and impact of stage, film and television adaptations. Covering early 20th ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Outlaw Marriages

    The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples

    by Rodger Streitmatter ...
    For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many as fifty—years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Changed for Good : A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical

    A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical

    by Stacy Wolf ...
    From Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" to Nina in "In the Heights" and Elphaba in "Wicked" female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this lively book Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American musical theatre - performers creators and characters -- from the start of the cold war to the present day creating a new feminist history of the genre ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Dance Studies: The Basics

    by Jo Butterworth ...
    Series series The Basics
    A concise introduction to the study of dance ranging from the practical aspects such as technique and choreography to more theoretical considerations such as aesthetic appreciation and the place of dance in different cultures. This book answers questions such as:Exactly how do we define dance?What kinds of people dance and what kind of training is necessary?How are dances made?What do we know ... Read more

    $31.99 USD