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Informationen zum Autor Jessica Sternfeld is a lifelong musical theater fan and performer. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University, and teaches the history and cultural contexts of musical theater, opera, pop genres, and Western Classical and Romantic music. She is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she lives. Klappentext She interprets several other megamusicals of the 1980s and 1990s, with an eye toward their competition and influence on other musical theater genres. Zusammenfassung A megamusical is an epic, dramatic show featuring recurring melodies in a sung-through score; impressive sets; and grand ideas. This is a study of some of the popular megamusicals. It discusses the history of the megamusical, examining both its internal, performative qualities and its external, market reception to reveal why it is so popular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Why'd You Choose Such a Backward Time and Such a Strange Land?": Jesus Christ Superstar 2. "Humming the Scenery": The Megamusical Ascending 3. "Well, the Theatre Is Certainly Not What It Was": Cats 4. "To Love Another Person Is to See the Face of God": Les Misérables 5. "The Angel of Music Sings Songs in My Head": The Phantom of the Opera 6. "A Model of Decorum and Tranquility": Other Megamusicals in the 1980s 7. "New Music": The Megamusical in the 1990s 8. "Everything Is Show Biz": The Megamusical and Broadway in the Twenty-first Century Appendices A. Jesus Christ Superstar Plot Summary and List of Recurring Musical Material B. Evita Plot Summary C. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Plot Summary D. Cats Plot Summary and Table of Recurring Musical Material E. Sources of Lyrics in Cats F. Les Misérables Plot Summary and List of Numbers G. List of Recurring Musical Material in Les Misérables H. The Phantom of the Opera Plot Summary and List of Numbers I. List of Recurring Musical Material in The Phantom of the Opera Notes Bibliography Index ...
