The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, from The Jazz Singer to The Wizard of Oz, Roberta, and Into the Woods.
The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, from The Jazz Singer to The Wizard of Oz, Roberta, and Into the Woods.
Dominic McHugh is Reader in Musicology at the University of Sheffield. His publications include the books Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady (2012), Alan Jay Lerner: A Lyricist's Letters (2014), The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (2018) and Adapting The Wizard of Oz: From Baum to MGM and Beyond (2018). He has appeared on BBC TV and radio numerous times, and has acted as a consultant to the Sydney Opera House's production of My Fair Lady, directed by Julie Andrews, as well as the Lincoln Center Theater production of the same musical.
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* Contributors * Acknowledgements * About the Companion Website * Introduction * Part I: An introduction to the Stage-to-Screen Adaptation * CHAPTER 1 * "And I'll Sing Once More": A Historical Overview of the Broadway Musical on the Silver Screen * DOMINIC McHUGH * CHAPTER 2 * From Novel to Stage to Screen: Adapting Roberta * GEOFFREY BLOCK * CHAPTER 3 * Getting Real: Stage Musical vs. Filmic Realism in Film Adaptations from Camelot to Cabaret * RAYMOND KNAPP * CHAPTER 4 * The Party's Over: On the Town, Bells are Ringing, and the Problem of Adapting Postwar New York * MARTHA SHEARER * CHAPTER 5 * Into the Woods from Stage to Screen * MARK EDEN HOROWITZ * Part II: The Politics of Adaptation * CHAPTER 6 * Li'l Abner from Comic Strip to Hollywood * JAMES LOVENSHEIMER * CHAPTER 7 * Fidelity vs. Freedom in Milos Forman's film version of Hair * ANDREW BUCHMAN * CHAPTER 8 * "An Elegant Legacy": The Aborted Cartoon Adaptation of Finian's Rainbow * DANIELLE BIRKETT * CHAPTER 9 * Little Shop of Horrors: Breaking the Rules all the Way to the Big (Enormous, 12-inch) Screen * JONAS WESTOVER * CHAPTER 10 * The Fascinating Moment of Godspell: Its Cinematic Adaptation in the Shadow of Jesus Christ Superstar and Leonard Bernstein's Mass * PAUL LAIRD * Part III: Biography and Identities: Race, Sexuality, and Gender * CHAPTER 11 * Adapting Pal Joey: Post-War Anxieties and the Playmate * JULIANNE LINDBERG * CHAPTER 12 * "Too Darn Hot": Reimagining Kiss Me, Kate for the Silver Screen * HANNAH ROBBINS * CHAPTER 13 * "A Humane, Practical, and Beautiful Solution": Adaptation and Triangulation in Paint Your Wagon * MEGAN WOLLER * CHAPTER 14 * "A Great American Service": George M. Cohan, the Stage, and the Nation in Yankee Doodle Dandy * ELIZABETH CRAFT * CHAPTER 15 * Cole Porter's List Songs on Stage and Screen * CLIFF EISEN * Part IV: Stars and Adaptation * CHAPTER 16 * Loud, Pretty, Strong, White [Repeat]: The Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Operettas at MGM (1935-1942) * TODD DECKER * CHAPTER 17 * Brigadoon and its Transition to MGM Musical: Adapting a Stage Show for Star Dancers * SUSAN SMITH * CHAPTER 18 * "Is this the right material, girl?": How Madonna Makes Us Like Eva But Not Necessarily Evita * RICHARD ALLEN * CHAPTER 19 * The Streisand adaptations * DOMINIC McHUGH * Part V: Multiple Adaptations of a Single Work * CHAPTER 20 * The Shifting Sand of Orientalism: The Desert Song on Stage and Screen * WILLIAM A. EVERETT * CHAPTER 21 * "You Will Know That She is Our Annie": Comparing Three Adaptations of a Broadway Classic * IAN SAPIRO * CHAPTER 22 * The Three Faces of Rio Rita * JOHN GRAZIANO * Part VI: Audiences, Producers, Studios * CHAPTER 23 * Lost in Translation: The Strange Case of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel * TIM CARTER * CHAPTER 24 * Carol Burnett and the Ends of Variety: Parody, Nostalgia, and Analysis of the American Musical * ROBYNN STILWELL * CHAPTER 25 * Flamboyance, Exuberance, and Schmaltz: Half a Sixpence and the Broadway Adaptation in 1960s Hollywood * AMANDA McQUEEN * CHAPTER 26 * The Producers and Hairspray: The Hazards and Rewards of Recursive Adaptation * DEAN ADAMS * CHAPTER 27 * Rescoring Anything Goes in 1930s Hollywood * ALLISON ROBBINS * Bibliography * Index
* Contributors * Acknowledgements * About the Companion Website * Introduction * Part I: An introduction to the Stage-to-Screen Adaptation * CHAPTER 1 * "And I'll Sing Once More": A Historical Overview of the Broadway Musical on the Silver Screen * DOMINIC McHUGH * CHAPTER 2 * From Novel to Stage to Screen: Adapting Roberta * GEOFFREY BLOCK * CHAPTER 3 * Getting Real: Stage Musical vs. Filmic Realism in Film Adaptations from Camelot to Cabaret * RAYMOND KNAPP * CHAPTER 4 * The Party's Over: On the Town, Bells are Ringing, and the Problem of Adapting Postwar New York * MARTHA SHEARER * CHAPTER 5 * Into the Woods from Stage to Screen * MARK EDEN HOROWITZ * Part II: The Politics of Adaptation * CHAPTER 6 * Li'l Abner from Comic Strip to Hollywood * JAMES LOVENSHEIMER * CHAPTER 7 * Fidelity vs. Freedom in Milos Forman's film version of Hair * ANDREW BUCHMAN * CHAPTER 8 * "An Elegant Legacy": The Aborted Cartoon Adaptation of Finian's Rainbow * DANIELLE BIRKETT * CHAPTER 9 * Little Shop of Horrors: Breaking the Rules all the Way to the Big (Enormous, 12-inch) Screen * JONAS WESTOVER * CHAPTER 10 * The Fascinating Moment of Godspell: Its Cinematic Adaptation in the Shadow of Jesus Christ Superstar and Leonard Bernstein's Mass * PAUL LAIRD * Part III: Biography and Identities: Race, Sexuality, and Gender * CHAPTER 11 * Adapting Pal Joey: Post-War Anxieties and the Playmate * JULIANNE LINDBERG * CHAPTER 12 * "Too Darn Hot": Reimagining Kiss Me, Kate for the Silver Screen * HANNAH ROBBINS * CHAPTER 13 * "A Humane, Practical, and Beautiful Solution": Adaptation and Triangulation in Paint Your Wagon * MEGAN WOLLER * CHAPTER 14 * "A Great American Service": George M. Cohan, the Stage, and the Nation in Yankee Doodle Dandy * ELIZABETH CRAFT * CHAPTER 15 * Cole Porter's List Songs on Stage and Screen * CLIFF EISEN * Part IV: Stars and Adaptation * CHAPTER 16 * Loud, Pretty, Strong, White [Repeat]: The Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Operettas at MGM (1935-1942) * TODD DECKER * CHAPTER 17 * Brigadoon and its Transition to MGM Musical: Adapting a Stage Show for Star Dancers * SUSAN SMITH * CHAPTER 18 * "Is this the right material, girl?": How Madonna Makes Us Like Eva But Not Necessarily Evita * RICHARD ALLEN * CHAPTER 19 * The Streisand adaptations * DOMINIC McHUGH * Part V: Multiple Adaptations of a Single Work * CHAPTER 20 * The Shifting Sand of Orientalism: The Desert Song on Stage and Screen * WILLIAM A. EVERETT * CHAPTER 21 * "You Will Know That She is Our Annie": Comparing Three Adaptations of a Broadway Classic * IAN SAPIRO * CHAPTER 22 * The Three Faces of Rio Rita * JOHN GRAZIANO * Part VI: Audiences, Producers, Studios * CHAPTER 23 * Lost in Translation: The Strange Case of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel * TIM CARTER * CHAPTER 24 * Carol Burnett and the Ends of Variety: Parody, Nostalgia, and Analysis of the American Musical * ROBYNN STILWELL * CHAPTER 25 * Flamboyance, Exuberance, and Schmaltz: Half a Sixpence and the Broadway Adaptation in 1960s Hollywood * AMANDA McQUEEN * CHAPTER 26 * The Producers and Hairspray: The Hazards and Rewards of Recursive Adaptation * DEAN ADAMS * CHAPTER 27 * Rescoring Anything Goes in 1930s Hollywood * ALLISON ROBBINS * Bibliography * Index
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