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A collection of essays that explore the divide and polarisation of opinion over musical theatre, and what we can do to stay open-minded and make musicals better.
List of contents
Breaking Into Song
The Wound
On Hating Musicals
When Words Are No Longer Enough
Cash Machines
Musicals Are Political
Superpowers
Poopy Babies
Collaboration
Photocopying A Photocopy
I’m Not A Genre, Not Yet A Medium
What’s The Point?
Definitions
Can Musicals Ever Be Cool?
Audiences
Musicals and Video Games
Time and Memory
The Triangle
Tiny Bowls
Stacks
Musicals and Opera
Digging vs Telescopes
The Musical
Musicals Cost Too Much
Build It And They Will Come
Autobiography
Cardboard Cities
Musicals and Comic Books
Opposites
What’s In A Name?
Replicas
Making Space
About the author
Adam is a London-based director, dramaturg, and producer who specialises in new musical theatre.
Lenson's production company ALP Musicals develops artist led work that aims to challenge traditional ideas of what musicals look like, sound like, or are about. In 2017 he founded the concert series SIGNAL which has showcased the work of hundreds of writers from all over the world.
Directing includes World premieres of Superhero, The Fabulist Fox Sister, Public Domain, Wasted, The Leftovers, The Sorrows Of Satan. European premieres include Ordinary Days, Little Fish, Whisper House and See What I Wanna See. Major revivals of the Rink, Songs for A New World and 35mm.
He has numerous new shows in development for theatre, radio, television and film and is a tireless public advocate for new musicals and new writers.
He was selected as one of the Stage 100 in 2021 for his contributions to new musical theatre and digital theatre.
Summary
A collection of essays that explore the divide and polarisation of opinion over musical theatre, and what we can do to stay open-minded and make musicals better.
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'A passionate and cogently argued call to arms and a very enjoyable read.' Lyn Gardner
