Changed for Good - A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical (Paperback)

From Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" to Nina in "In the Heights" and Elphaba in "Wicked," female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this lively book, Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American musical theatre - performers, creators, and characters -- from the start of the cold war to the present day, creating a new, feminist history of the genre. Moving from decade to decade, Wolf first highlights the assumptions that circulated about gender and sexuality at the time. She then looks at the leading musicals to stress the key aspects of the plays as they relate to women, and often finds overlooked moments of empowerment for female audience members. The musicals discussed here are among the most beloved in the canon--"West Side Story," "Cabaret," "A Chorus Line," "Phantom of the Opera," and many others--with special emphasis on the blockbuster "Wicked." Along the way, Wolf demonstrates how the musical since the mid-1940s has actually been dominated by women--women onstage, women in the wings, and women offstage as spectators and fans.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Stacy Wolf (Associate Professor in Theater)
Dimensions:	233 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-537824-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-19-537824-5
Barcode:	9780195378245

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