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This handbook is the first to provide a systematic investigation of the various roles of producers in commercial and not-for-profit musical theatre. Featuring fifty-one essays written by international specialists in the field, it offers new insights into the world of musical theatre, its creation and its promotion. Key areas of investigation include the lives and works of producers whose work is part of a US and worldwide musical theatre legacy, as well as the largely critically-neglected role of the musical theatre producer in the making, marketing, and performance of musicals. Also explored are the shifting roles of producers in musical theatre and their popular portrayals, offering a reader-friendly collection for fans, scholars, students, and practitioners of musical theatre alike.
Film --- Theatrical science --- History --- performances (kunst) --- theater --- film --- geschiedenis
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The expanded and updated third edition of this acclaimed Companion provides an accessible, broadly based survey of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. It ranges from the American musical of the nineteenth century to the most recent productions on Broadway, in London's West End, and many other venues, and includes key information on singers, audiences, critical reception, and traditions. Contributors approach the subject from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical concerns, artistic aspects, important trends, attention to various genres, the importance of stars, the influence of race, the various disciplines of theatrical production, the musical in varied media, and changes in technology. Chapters related to the contemporary musical have been updated, and two new chapters cover the television musical and the British musical since 1970. Carefully organised and highly readable, it will be welcomed by enthusiasts, students, and scholars alike.
Musicals --- Musical theater --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Lyric theater --- Theater --- Musical revue, comedy, etc. --- History and criticism --- History --- Musicals - History and criticism --- Musical theater - History
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This handbook is the first to provide a systematic investigation of the various roles of producers in commercial and not-for-profit musical theatre. Featuring fifty-one essays written by international specialists in the field, it offers new insights into the world of musical theatre, its creation and its promotion. Key areas of investigation include the lives and works of producers whose work is part of a US and worldwide musical theatre legacy, as well as the largely critically-neglected role of the musical theatre producer in the making, marketing, and performance of musicals. Also explored are the shifting roles of producers in musical theatre and their popular portrayals, offering a reader-friendly collection for fans, scholars, students, and practitioners of musical theatre alike.
Culture --- Film genres. --- Theater --- Performing arts. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Theatre Direction and Production. --- Theatre Industry. --- Performing Arts. --- Theatre History. --- Genre. --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- Musical theater. --- Musical theater producers and directors. --- Directors, Musical theater --- Musical theater directors and producers --- Producers, Musical theater --- Lyric theater --- Theatrical producers and directors --- Theater—Production and direction. --- Theater. --- Theater-History. --- Genre films --- Genres, Film --- Motion picture genres --- Motion pictures --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Plots, themes, etc. --- Theater—History.
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