Women in American Musical Theatre

Essays on Composers, Lyricists, Librettists, Arrangers, Choreographers, Designers, Directors, Producers and Performance Artists

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Throughout the twentieth century women have made significant contributions to the creation of American musical theatre. Directing, choreographing, writing, arranging, producing and designing musicals in a variety of venues throughout America, women have played a significant role in shaping the development of musical theatre both on and off Broadway and in regional, educational, and community venues. The essays in this book examine the history of women in musical theatre, providing biographical descriptions of the women themselves; analyses and interpretations of their productions; and several accounts of how being a woman affected the artists' careers.Topics include the similarities among the careers of successful but neglected lyricists Rida Johnson Young, Anne Caldwell, and Dorothy Donnelly; the Depression-era productions of Hallie Flanagan and Cheryl Crawford; the transformation of the classic "showgirl" image through the dances and stage movement created by prominent female choreographers; and a survey of numerical data highlighting the discrepancy between the number of men versus the number of women hired to direct professional musical productions in various venues across the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-06-04
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt399 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor292
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786433827

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction “Will You Remember”: Female Lyricists of Operetta and Musical Comedy Korey R. Rothman Hallie Flanagan and Cheryl Crawford: Women Pioneer Producers of the 1930s Barbara Means Fraser Twentieth-Century Women Choreographers: Refining and Redefining the Showgirl Image Anna Wheeler Gentry A Composer in Her Own Right: Arrangers, Musical Directors and Conductors Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh Working with the Boys: Women Who Wrote Musicals in the Golden Age Gary Konas Designing Women Tish Dace Helburn, Dalrymple, and Lortel: A Triumvirate of Great Producers Bud Coleman “Open a New Window, Open a New Door”: Women Directors Take the Stage Anne Fliotsos Social Consciousness and the “Search for New Directions”: The Musicals of Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford, and Elizabeth Swados Judith Sebesta The Rise of the Female Director/Choreographer on Broadway Mary Jo Lodge From Revolution to Revelation: Women Performance Artists and the Transformation of American Musical Theatre Woodrow Hood Contributors Index