Ben West

The American Musical (eBook, ePUB)

Evolution of an Art Form

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait of the American musical's artistic evolution over the course of seven distinct, newly defined eras.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040001189
• Artikelnr.: 69955155

Autorenporträt

Ben West is a musical theatre artist and historian. He has worked in various capacities on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally, and created and directed Unsung Carolyn Leigh for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: Inventions
Influences
and Imports (1800s) 1. Minstrelsy 2. The Variety Show 3. The Legitimate Musical Stage 4. Ragtime and Coon Songs PART 2: Birth of an Art Form (1900-1924) 5. Vaudeville
Part One: Time and Talent 6. Vaudeville
Part Two: Tin Pan Alley 7. Vaudeville
Part Three: Sketches and Tabs 8. Burlesque 9. Bob Cole and the Black Musical Stage 10. The Early Musical Comedy 11. Revue 12. The Great Winter Garden Factory 13. The Hippodrome Shows 14. The Spectacular Musical Play 15. American Operetta 16. The Princess Musicals 17. Nightclubs
Part One: Folies Bergère
etc. 18. The Great War
Prohibition
and Women's Suffrage 19. Jazz
Part One: The Musicians 20. Jazz
Part Two: The Musicals 21. The New Musical Comedy 22. Shuffle Along and the Black Renaissance PART 3: Intensification (1925-1930) 23. Nightclubs
Part Two: The Plantation
etc. 24. Pleasure Bound 25. Howard Dietz and the New Revue 26. Jazz Age Musical Comedy
Part One: The Tunersmiths 27. Jazz Age Musical Comedy
Part Two: The Adventurers 28. Oscar Hammerstein II and the Musical Play PART 4: Convention
or Maturity
Part One: Craft and Construction (1931-1950) 29. Sophisticated Revue 30. The Sophisticated Musical Stage 31. Nightclubs
Part Three: Casino de Paree
etc. 32. The African-American Exit 33. Hollywood and the Popular Song 34. The Second World War 35. Integrated Folktales 36. The Musical Comedy Stage 37. The Abbott Touch 38. Guys and Dolls PART 5: Convention
or Maturity
Part Two: Style and Structure (1951-1970) 39. Character and Quirks and Comedy and Farce 40. The New Musical Play 41. Staging and Story 42. Nontraditional Storytelling 43. Hair vs. Your Own Thing 44. Off-Broadway PART 6: Diminution (1971-1980) 45. Nostalgia
Revivals
and Reinventions 46. The All-Purpose Revue 47. The African-American Resurgence 48. Contemporary Sounds
Part One: Andrew Lloyd Webber
etc. 49. A Chorus Line 50. Sophisticated Storytelling PART 7: Growing Pains
or Identity Crisis (1981-1999) 51. Dialogue
Song
and Dance 52. George C. Wolfe and the Black Musical Stage 53. Contemporary Sounds
Part Two: Jonathan Larson
etc. 54. Revivals 55. Miscellany