Twenty-first century musicals : from stage to screen / edited by George Rodosthenous.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rodosthenous, George, 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--21st century--History and criticism.

Musicals.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 232 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Twenty-First Century Musicals stakes a place for the musical in today's cinematic landscape, taking a look at landing contemporary shows from their stage origins to their big-screen adaptations. Each chapter offers a new perspective on a single musical, challenging populist narratives and exploring underlying sub-texts in depth. Themes of national identity; race, class and gender; the 'voice' and 'singing live' on film; authenticity; camp sensibilities; and the celebrationof failure are addressed in a series of questions including: How does the film adaptation provide a different viewing experience from the stage version? What themes are highlighted in the film adaptation? What does the new casting bring to the work? Do camera angles dictate a different reading from the stage version? What is lost/gained in the process of adaptation to film? Re-interpreting the contemporary film musical as a compelling art form, Twenty-First Century Musicals is a must-read for any student or scholar keen to broaden their understanding of musical performance. -- from back cover.

Contents:

Drag, rock, authenticity and in-betweenness: Hedwig and the angry inch / Dominic Symonds

All that jazz: the difficult journey of Chicago from stage to screen / Robert Gordon

Ready for his close-up: from horror to romance in The phantom of the opera / Jessica Sternfeld

"Bohemia is dead": Rent celebrating life in the face of death / Mark Shields

Where did we go right (and wrong)?: success and failure in the adaptations of The producers from and to the screen / Julian Woolford

"Big, as in large, as in huge": Dreamgirls and difference in the performance of gender, blackness, and popular music history / Todd Decker

At the intersection of music, sexuality and race: Hairspray's generic and aesthetic variances / Linda Mokdad

"With a bit of rock music, everything is fine": Mamma Mia! and the camp sensibility on screen / Helen Deborah Lewis

8 1/2 to Nine to Nine: evolutions of a cinema classic / Arthur Pritchard

"You wanna hear the real story?: (mis)remembering masculinity in Clint Eastwood's adaptation of Jersey Boys / Sarah Whitfield

The ethical exculpation of moral turpitude: representations of violence and death in Sweeney Todd and Into the woods / Tim Stephenson

The last five years: medium, mode and the making of Cathy / Sarah Browne

The trouble with "Little girls": Annie on the big (and small) screen / Olaf Jubin

London Road: the "irruption of the real" and haunting utopias in the verbatim musical / Demetric Zavros.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138648906

1138648906

9781138648890

1138648892

OCLC:

978842114