From Backpacks to Broadway

Rekha S. Rajan is a visiting associate professor of research at Concordia University Chicago. She is an arts education specialist and has a doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also the author of Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K-5 (SAGE) and Grant Writing: Practical Strategies for Scholars and Professionals (R&L).

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Children’s Participation in Musical TheatreChapter 2: A Framework of Musical Theatre ParticipationChapter 3: School-Based Musical TheatreChapter 4: Community Musical TheatreChapter 5: The Professional Stage Chapter 6: Learning through Musical TheatreEpilogue: Beyond BroadwayReferencesIndexAbout the Author

This book is a welcome touchstone resource for professionals working with children in musical theatre. The primary strength of this book is its attention to children’s perspective within the phenomenon of musical theatre. Interviews over time with children enabled the author to obtain rich and useful data on their perspective. Overall, the book gives a clear picture of the experience of being in musical theatre in the twenty-first century.