{"product_id":"paris-and-the-musical-1","title":"Paris and the Musical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis and the Musical\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the famous city has been portrayed on stage and screen, investigates why the city has been of such importance to the genre and tracks how it has developed as a trope over the 20th and 21st centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom global hits \u003ci\u003eAn American in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGigi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoulin Rouge! \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera \u003c\/i\u003eto the less widely-known \u003ci\u003eBless the Bride\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCan-Can\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIrma la Douce \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMarguerite\u003c\/i\u003e, the French capital is a central character in an astounding number of Broadway, Hollywood and West End musicals. This collection of 18 essays combines cultural studies, sociology, musicology, art and adaptation theory, and gender studies to examine the envisioning and dramatisation of Paris, and its depiction as a place of romance, hedonism and libertinism or as ‘the capital of the arts’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interdisciplinary nature of this collection renders it as a fascinating resource for a wide range of courses; it will be especially valuable for students and scholars of Musical Theatre and those interested in Theatre and Film History more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54259691192664,"sku":"9781138611061","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138611061.jpg?v=1779180315","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/paris-and-the-musical-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}