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The Theater Will Rock : A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472027002
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Theater Will RockDDC classification:
  • 782.1/416609
LOC classification:
  • ML1711
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Chronicles the rock musical's artistic and financial blockbusters--and bombs--from 1960 to the present.
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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.

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