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04723aam a2200637 i 4500 001 9FDAE72CF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 220823t20232023nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022040722 020 $a 0197551084 020 $a 9780197551080 020 $a 0197551076 020 $a 9780197551073 035 $a (OCoLC)1347269266 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OSZ $d CDX $d YDX $d TDF $d MUU $d TJC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d MWD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a ML3918.M85 $b D66 2023 082 00 $a 792.6089/0097471 $2 23/eng/20220830 100 1 $a Donovan, Ryan, $e author. 245 10 $a Broadway bodies : $b a critical history of conformity / $c Ryan Donovan. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 316 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-302) and index. 505 0 $a Part I : Broadway bodies. Introduction : the Broadway body ; "I saw what they were hiring" : casting and recasting A chorus line -- Part II : Size. Dreamgirls, size, and the body politics of padding ; "Must be heavyset" : casting fat women in Broadway musicals -- Part III : Sexuality. La Cage aux folles and playing gay ; "Keeping it gay" on the great white way -- Part IV : Ability. Deaf West's awakening of Broadway ; Musicals, physical difference, and disability ; Epilogue : recasting Broadway. 520 $a "The Broadway Body: I lied about my height on my reÌsumeÌ the entire time I was a dancer, though in truth I don't think the extra inch ever actually made a difference. In the US, 5'6" still reads as short for a man no matter how you slice it. The reason for my deception was that height was often the reason I was disqualified: choreographers often wanted taller male dancers for the ensemble and listed a minimum height requirement (often 5'11" and up) in the casting breakdown. Being disqualified before I could even set foot in the audition because I possessed an unchangeable physical characteristic that often made me unemployable in the industry. I was learning an object lesson in Broadway's body politics-and, of course, had I not been a white cisgender nondisabled man, the barriers to employment would have been compounded even further. I wasn't alone in feeling caught in a catch-22. Not being cast because of your appearance, or "type" in industry lingo, is casting's status quo. The casting process openly discriminates based upon appearance. This truism even made its way into a song cut from A Chorus Line (1975) called "Broadway Boogie Woogie," which comically lists all of the reasons one might not be cast: "I'm much too tall, much too short, much too thin/Much too fat, much too young for the role/I sing too high, sing too low, sing too loud." Funny Girl (1964) put it even more bluntly: "If a Girl Isn't Pretty/Like a Miss Atlantic City/She should dump the stage/And try another route."-- $c Provided by publisher. 545 0 $a Ryan Donovan is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University. He is author of Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre. 650 0 $a Musicals $x Casting. 650 0 $a Musicals $x Auditions. 650 0 $a Physical-appearance-based bias. 650 0 $a Musicals $x Political aspects. 651 0 $a Broadway (New York, N.Y.) $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Broadway (New York, N.Y.) $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Musicals $z New York $z New York $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Musicals $z New York $z New York $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 6 $a ComeÌdies musicales $x Auditions. 650 6 $a Discrimination fondeÌe sur l'apparence physique. 651 6 $a Broadway (New York, N.Y.) $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a Broadway (New York, N.Y.) $x Histoire $y 21e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a Musicals $x Casting $2 fast 650 7 $a Musicals $2 fast 650 7 $a Musicals $x Auditions $2 fast 650 7 $a Physical-appearance-based bias $2 fast 651 7 $a New York (State) $z Broadway $z Broadway $2 fast 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York $2 fast 650 7 $a Musicals. $2 sears 650 7 $a Broadway (New York, N.Y.) $2 sears 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Donovan, Ryan. $t Broadway bodies $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2023 $z 9780197551103 $w (DLC) 2022040723 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240402013546.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9FDAE72CF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search