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Author:

Lundskaer-Nielsen, Miranda, 1973-

Title:

Directors and the new musical drama : British and American musical theatre in the 1980s and 90s / Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 231 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Musicals--London--London--20th century--History and criticism.
Musicals--New York--New York--20th century--History and criticism.
Musicals--Production and direction--London.--London.
Musicals--Production and direction--New York.--New York.
Musical theater producers and directors--Interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Anglo-American perspectives -- Harold Prince in context -- From Cabaret to Sweeney Todd: musical drama on Broadway -- Cultural barricades: reading the West End musicals -- Beyond the logos: West End musical drama -- New horizons: nonprofit musical drama -- Nonprofit directors in the 1990s -- Rethinking revivals -- Staging the canon: British directors and classic American musicals -- The legacy of the 1980s and 90s -- Interviews: Adam Guettel -- Matthew Warchus -- William Finn -- David Leveaux -- Ira Weitzman -- James Lapine -- Margo Lion -- Jack Viertel -- Richard Maltby, Jr.

Series:

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

ISBN:

0230601294
9780230601291

OCLC:

(OCoLC)154788795

LCCN:

2008299816

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)