Staging Rebellion in the Musical, Hair - Marginalised Voices in Musical Theatre

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Hair: Origins, Forms, and the 'Fragmented' Musical.
PART I: Race
2: 'Colored Spade': Reappropriating Stereotypes.
3: 'I Ain't Dyin' for No White Man': Black Power on Broadway.
PART II: Gender
4: Feminist Approaches.
5: Multiple Masculinities.
PART III: Hair and Its Resonances
6: Crossing Over: Hair and the Music Industry.
7: Reviving the Text: Hair in the Contemporary Era.
8: The Utopian Promise of Hair.
9: Conclusion.
Index

About the author

Sarah Elisabeth Browne is Head of the School of Performing Arts and Associate Dean at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has worked extensively as conductor, arranger, and musical director, and has worked in education for over 20 years. Her research interests include the politics of race and gender in musical theatre, American musical theatre of the 1960s, and stage-to-screen transitions of musicals.

Summary

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the musical Hair and will offer critical analysis which focuses on giving voice to those who are historically considered to be on the margins of musical theatre history.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Elisabeth Browne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032224732
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222473-2
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Musicals, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Popular Music, Music of film and stage