Musicals

Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage ...

This study positions four musicals and their associated artists as mobilizers of defiant joy in relation to trauma and healing in Puerto Rico. This...

This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott's name became synonymous with the 'golden age' of Broadway...

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 19352020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellinis operas on stage, on screen, and in soun...

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world. Over the last four decades many cou...

Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, prac...

Shakespeare as Jukebox Musical is the first book-length study of a growing performance phenomenon: musical adaptations of Shakespeares plays in whi...

Explores the 100 year history of the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society and celebrates the company's relationship with the Theatre Royal Norwich,...

Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art form, or as having separate histories in London and New York. Musical Theatre His...

Through a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional, spatial, material and performative, this ...

InMobilizing Music in Wartime British Film,author Heather Wiebe traces a preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of ...

InMobilizing Music in Wartime British Film,author Heather Wiebe traces a preoccupation with art music and total war that animated British films of ...

Weil jede Note zählt: Dies ist das interpretatorische Credo, das Alfred Brendel in diesem Buch entwirft. Es ist eine Aufforderung, über den Umgang ...

Sondheim in Our Time and His offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a c...

From the diverse proto-musicals of the mid-1800s, through the revues of the 1920s, the true musicals of the 1940s, the politicization of the 1960s,...

From the diverse proto-musicals of the mid-1800s, through the revues of the 1920s, the true musicals of the 1940s, the politicization of the 1960s,...

From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the 20s, the true musicals of the 40s, the politicisation of the 60s and the...

The whole family can sing along with Elphaba and Glinda in this beautifully illustrated storybook, featuring official lyrics from Universal Picture...

A new edition of the hugely successful musical by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, published alongside its West End premiere and featur...

False relations remain one of the great enigmas of English Renaissance musical culture. Contemporary theoretical treatises explicitly discouraged t...

In this Oxford Guide to Film Musicals, author Hannah Lewis gives readers fascinating new insights into the development, style, and reception of the...

The depiction of New York City in song across a variety of different genres, focusing on jazz genres, as well as the work of both New York born art...

Broadway musicals are one of Americas most beloved art forms and play to millions of people each year. But what do these shows, which are often tho...

Broadway musicals are one of Americas most beloved art forms and play to millions of people each year. But what do these shows, which are often tho...

Nobody wants to be a donkey is a lively nativity musical by Lin Marsh which tells the traditional Christmas story with plenty of humour and engagin...

Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward.Lin-Manuel MirandaThis deserves a standing ovation.Publis...

The musical, whether on stage or screen, is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable musical genres, yet one of the most perplexing. What are its d...

Stephen Sondheim is one of the best-known and most-loved musical theatre composers, but also one of the most misunderstood, often being labelled as...

Mike Dixon has been involved in the British music industry for over 40 years and has been Musical Director for more than twenty West End production...