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TikTok Broadway : musical theatre fandom in the digital age / Trevor Boffone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boffone, Trevor, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- TikTok (Electronic resource).
- Musicals--21st century--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Fans (Persons).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 210 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Are you a musical theatre fan who loves TikTok? Or are you curious about how this social media app has changed musical theatre fandom - and even the concept of the musical itself? 'TikTok Broadway' takes readers inside the world of TikTok Broadway, where fans create, expand, and canonize musical theatre through viral videos. It argues that TikTok democratizes musical theatre fan cultures and spaces, creating a new canon of musical theatre that reflects the preferences and passions of the fans. Readers will also see how TikTok Broadway influences other aspects of US popular culture, from Broadway shows to TV adaptations.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Great Digital Way
- 1. Marketing Musicals the TikTok Way: The Unexpected Case of Beetlejuice
- Interlude: All the Way from TikTok?! Damn!: Amber Ardolino's Digital Stage Door
- 2. Stealth Musicals: The TikTok Broadway Archive from Heathers to Six
- Interlude: TikTok Self-Tapes: The Muny Legally Blonde Dance Call
- 3. DIY Diva Drag: Wicked's Elphaba on the TikTok Stage
- Interlude: Mamma Mia! Here We Cosplay Again
- 4. Anyone Can Cook, Anyone Can Create: Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
- Interlude: We Don't Talk about TikTok: The Cultural Power of Encanto.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 15, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Boffone, Trevor. TikTok Broadway
- ISBN:
- 9780197743706
- 0197743706
- 9780197743683
- 0197743684
- OCLC:
- 1423243591
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