The Musical as Drama / / Scott McMillin.
Derived from the colorful traditions of vaudeville, burlesque, revue, and operetta, the musical has blossomed into America's most popular form of theater. Scott McMillin has developed a fresh aesthetic theory of this underrated art form, exploring the musical as a type of drama deserving the ki...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 8 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Chapter One. Integration and Difference
- Chapter Two. The Book and the Numbers
- Chapter Three. Character and the Voice of the Musical
- Chapter Four. The Ensemble Effect
- Chapter Five. The Drama of Numbers
- Chapter Six. The Orchestra
- Chapter Seven. Narration and Technology: Systems of Omniscience
- Chapter Eight. What Kind of Drama Is This?
- Bibliography
- Index