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Directors and the new musical dramaBritish and American musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Directors and the new musical dramaMiranda Lundskaer-Nielsen.
Reminder of title:	British and American musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s /
Author:	Lundskaer-Nielsen, Miranda,
Published:	New York, N.Y. :Palgrave Macmillan,2008.
Description:	x, 231 p. :ill.
Series:	Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Subject:	MusicalsHistory and criticism.20th centuryEngland
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230611245

Directors and the new musical dramaBritish and American musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s /
Lundskaer-Nielsen, Miranda,1973-

Directors and the new musical dramaBritish and American musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s /[electronic resource] :Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. :Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - x, 231 p. :ill. - Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.

Introduction: Anglo-American perspectives -- Harold Prince in context -- From Cabaret to Sweeney Todd: musical drama on Broadway -- Cultural barricades: reading the West End musicals -- Beyond the logos: West End musical drama -- New horizons: nonprofit musical drama -- Nonprofit directors inthe 1990s -- Rethinking revivals -- Staging the canon: British directors and classic American musicals -- The legacy of the 1980sand 90s -- Interviews: Adam Guettel -- Matthew Warchus -- William Finn-- David Leveaux -- Ira Weitzman -- James Lapine -- Margo Lion -- JackViertel -- Richard Maltby, Jr.

Directors and the New Musical Drama offers a fresh perspective on the dramatic shifts in musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s. Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen explores the cultural differences between British and American musicals, examines their critical reception, and demonstrates thecrucial roleof British and American directors in developing musical dramas that have initiated change in the parameters of this popular art form. Starting with the provocative idea of the "British Invasion", thisvolume includes analysis of groundbreaking musicals such as Sunday inthe Park with George, Les Miserables and Jelly's Last Jam, as well as interviews with leading musical theatre writers, directors and producers.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230611245

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230611245doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

475350
Musicals
--History and criticism.--England--20th centuryIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: ML2054 / .L86 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 792.609

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