The musical as drama / Scott McMillin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillin, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--United States--History and criticism.

Musicals.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]

Summary:

"This is a lovely book, and it blows in like a breath of fresh air. After the theory, the apologetics, the cultural guilt, the special interests--here comes a book that tells you it's OK to like musicals, whoever you are."--Stephen Banfield, University of Bristol, author of "Jerome Kern and Sondheim's Broadway Musicals"

"McMillin offers a thoughtful philosophical approach to the aesthetics of a distinctive and important American genre, offering insightful commentary on how several significant musicals adapt and transform the conventions of the genre to powerful dramatic ends."--Geoffrey Block, University of Puget Sound, General Editor, "Yale Broadway Masters" series

Contents:

Integration and difference

The book and the numbers

Character and the voice of the musical

The ensemble effect

The drama of numbers

The orchestra

Narration and technology : systems of omniscience

What kind of drama is this?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0691127301

OCLC:

64098525

Publisher Number:

9780691127309

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