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Culinary History
eating on Broadway
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Fiddler on the Roof
Food and arts
food and broadway
Food and Culture
Food and Musicals
food and stage
food and theater
Food History
Grease
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
Hairspray
Hello Dolly
Les Miserables
muscial theater
musicals
My Fair Lady
Oklahoma
Popular culture
Product details
- ISBN 9781442267312
- Weight: 458g
- Dimensions: 159 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2017
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Beyond being just fuel for the body, food carries symbolic importance used to define individuals, situations, and places, making it an ideal communication tool. In musical theater, food can be used as a shortcut to tell the audience more about a setting, character, or situation. Because everyone relates to eating, food can also be used to evoke empathy, amusement, or shock from the audience. In some cases, food is central to show’s plot. This book looks at popular musical theater shows to examine which foods are used, how they are used, why they are important, and how the food or usage relates to the broader world. Included are recipes for many of the foods that are significant in the shows discussed.
Jennifer Packard has nearly twenty years of experience in the food industry. She currently does freelance writing on food issues and works as a research associate at Harvard University. Jennifer loves to make up new recipes which she tests out on her husband and three teen-aged sons.
