Format:
1 Online-Ressource (382 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9780190639563
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9780190639549
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9780190639556
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
As a ubiquitous national performance form, musical theatre—an utterly American, unapologetically commercial, earnestly popular, middlebrow genre of art and entertainment—has astonishing staying power. Local productions cross economic, racial, and geographic divides, assuming the status of a national folk practice. Shows are handed down across generations, remarkable in a country with so few common cultural experiences. Artists and audiences learn the Broadway canon, absorb the musical’s conventions, and have a lot of fun in the process. “Broadway,” as a globally recognizable brand, maintains its status as musical theatre’s birthplace, but the form persists in American culture thanks to amateur productions at high schools, community theatres, afterschool programs, summer camps, and dinner theatres. Beyond Broadway illustrates the widespread presence and persistence of musical theatre in US culture and examines it as a social practice: a live, visceral experience of creating, watching, and listening. Why does local musical theatre flourish in America? Why do people continue to find it pleasurable? Why do they passionately engage in an old-fashioned, slow artistic practice that requires intense, person-to-person collaboration? Why do audiences still flock to musicals in their hometowns? What does local musical theatre do? Beyond Broadway answers these questions by traveling across America, stopping at elementary schools, a middle school performance festival, afterschool programs, high schools, summer camps, state park outdoor theatres, community theatres, and dinner theatres. This expedition illustrates the musical’s abundance and longevity as a thriving social activity that touches millions of lives.
Note:
Due to be issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190639525
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190639532
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wolf, Stacy, 1950 - Beyond Broadway New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780190639532
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190639525
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
USA
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Musicalproduktion
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Schultheater
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Laienspiel
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Community theatre
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Dinner theatre
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Liebhabertheater
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Operette
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Musical
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Musicalproduktion
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190639525.001.0001
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