The Theater Will Rock : A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig.
Wollman, Elizabeth Lara.
The Theater Will Rock : A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (289 pages) - Anthropology Series . - Anthropology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Birth of the Rock Musical in New York City -- Interlude 1: Rock "Authenticity" and the Reception of the Staged Rock Musical -- 2. Hair and Its Imitators -- Interlude 2: Audiences -- 3. Rock Concept Albums and the Fragmented Musical of the 1970s -- Interlude 3: Megamusicals -- 4. Spectacles of the 1980s -- Interlude 4: Economics and Marketing -- 5. Rock Musicians in the Musical Theater: The 1990s -- Interlude 5: Merging Aesthetics, Making Performances -- 6. Rock-Influenced Musicals at the Millennium: The Dawning of the Age of . . . the Revival -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
Chronicles the rock musical's artistic and financial blockbusters--and bombs--from 1960 to the present.
9780472027002
Families--United States--Case studies.
Kinship--United States--Case studies.
Social classes--United States.
Electronic books.
ML1711
782.1/416609
The Theater Will Rock : A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (289 pages) - Anthropology Series . - Anthropology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Birth of the Rock Musical in New York City -- Interlude 1: Rock "Authenticity" and the Reception of the Staged Rock Musical -- 2. Hair and Its Imitators -- Interlude 2: Audiences -- 3. Rock Concept Albums and the Fragmented Musical of the 1970s -- Interlude 3: Megamusicals -- 4. Spectacles of the 1980s -- Interlude 4: Economics and Marketing -- 5. Rock Musicians in the Musical Theater: The 1990s -- Interlude 5: Merging Aesthetics, Making Performances -- 6. Rock-Influenced Musicals at the Millennium: The Dawning of the Age of . . . the Revival -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
Chronicles the rock musical's artistic and financial blockbusters--and bombs--from 1960 to the present.
9780472027002
Families--United States--Case studies.
Kinship--United States--Case studies.
Social classes--United States.
Electronic books.
ML1711
782.1/416609