Changed for good : a feminist history of the Broadway musical

Changed for good : a feminist history of the Broadway musical /

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--p...

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Main Author: Wolf, Stacy Ellen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Schwartz, Stephen. > Wicked.
Musicals > United States > History and criticism.
Women in the theater > United States > History.
Feminism and theater.
Feminism.
LGBTQ+ musicals.
LGBTQ+ arts.
Table of Contents:
  • The 1950s: "Marry the man today"
  • The 1960s: "If my friends could see me now"
  • The 1970s: "Everything was beautiful at the ballet"
  • The 1980s: "The Phantom of the opera is there inside my mind"
  • The 1990s-2000s: "I'm beautiful and I'm here"
  • "Changed for the better": queer conventions in Wicked (2003)
  • "It's all about popular": Wicked divas and internet girl fans
  • Epilogue: "Changed for good."

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