Millie Taylor: Studying Musical Theatre

Cover: 9781137270948 | Studying Musical Theatre | Theory and Practice | Millie Taylor (u. a.)

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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. Part 1 focuses on the way we understand musicals as texts and Part 2 then looks at how musical theatre negotiates its position in the wider world. Part 3 recognises the affiliations of various communities with the musical stage, and finally part 4 unravels the musical's relationship with time, space, intertextuality and entertainment. Written by leading experts in Musical Theatre and Drama, Taylor and Symonds utilise their wealth of knowledge to engage and educate the reader on this diverse subject.
With its accessible and extensive content, this text is the ideal accompaniment to any study of musical theatre internationally: an essential tool for students of all levels, lecturers, practitioners and enthusiasts alike.

Über den Autor

Millie Taylor is Professor of Musical Theatre at the University of Winchester, UK. She worked as a freelance musical director and, for almost twenty years, toured Britain and Europe with a variety of musicals including West Side Story, Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors and Sweeney Todd. Recent publications include British Pantomime Performance (2007), Singing for Musicals: A Practical Guide (2008), Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment (2012), and with Dominic Symonds the edited collection Gestures of Music Theatre: The Performativity of Song and Dance (2014).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Theater & Film
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	284 S.
ISBN-13:	9781137270948
ISBN-10:	1137270942
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Taylor, Millie Symonds, Dominic
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL Red Globe Press Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Millie Taylor (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.11.2014
Gewicht:	0,436 kg