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Broadway in the Box shines a TV light on the musical's jump from Broadway, Hollywood, and Vegas to the small screen, bringing events together to craft a commentary on industry, economics, and entertainment. Broadway was always in the box; someone just needed to see what was on.
List of contents
- Introduction: Curtain Up on Primetime
- Chapter 1: Small Screen Singalongs: Television's Infancy and the Cultural Cachet of the Great White Way
- Chapter 2: "You Know, Carol, Comedy Variety's a Man's Game": Male Authorship, Female Performers, and Small Screen Musical Performance of the Sixties
- Chapter 3: Sequins and Songs on the Small Screen: 1970s Television Variety and the Popularization of the "BroadVegas" Hybrid
- Chapter 4: Quality and Class or Malls and Music Video: Early Cable Narrowcasts the Musical
- Chapter 5: Primetime Goes Hammerstein: The Musicalization of Primetime Fictional Television in the Post-Network Era
- Chapter 6: GLEEks of the Week, Stage Tube, and #racheldoesstuff: Social Media and the Hybridity of Broadway/Television Fandom and Promotion in the 21st Century Musical Series
- Chapter 7: The Hills are Alive with Live-ness (or Not): The Uphill Battle for the Millennial Television Musical
- Conclusion: Over the Rainbow, Across Screens, Online, or in your Roku Box
About the author
Kelly Kessler is Associate Professor of Communications at DePaul University and author of Destabilizing the Hollywood Musical: Music, Masculinity and Mayhem (Palgrave, 2010)
Summary
Broadway in the Box shines a TV light on the musical's jump from Broadway, Hollywood, and Vegas to the small screen, bringing events together to craft a commentary on industry, economics, and entertainment. Broadway was always in the box; someone just needed to see what was on.
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Musicals have always been on television, as this superbly researched, deeply informed, and beautifully written bok demonstrates. Always attentive to the dynamics of race, gender, and class, Kessler leads readers through this fascinating history with affectionate humor and sharp insight. Broadway in the Box is a new and original account of both forms of entertainment media and a must-read book for Broadway musical and TV aficionados alike.
