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The theater will rock a history of the rock musical : from Hair to Hedwig

Title
The theater will rock [electronic resource] : a history of the rock musical : from Hair to Hedwig / Elizabeth L. Wollman.
Author
Wollman, Elizabeth L., 1969-
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • MacDermot, Galt
  • Trask, Stephen
Description
1 online resource (vi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill.
Uniform Title
Theater will rock (Online)
Alternative Title
Theater will rock (Online)
Subject
  • Musicals > History and criticism
  • Rock music > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The birth of the rock musical in New York City -- Interlude 1: rock "authenticity" and the reception of the staged rock musical -- Hair and its imitators -- Interlude 2 : audiences -- Rock concept albums and the fragmented musical of the 1970s -- Interlude 3 : megamusicals -- Spectacles of the 1980s -- Interlude 4 : economics and marketing -- Rock musicians in the musical theater : the 1990s -- Interlude 5 : merging aesthetics, making performances -- Rock-influenced musicals at the millennium : the dawning of the age of-- the revival.
LCCN
2006010056
OCLC
ssj0000443231
Author
Wollman, Elizabeth L., 1969-
Title
The theater will rock [electronic resource] : a history of the rock musical : from Hair to Hedwig / Elizabeth L. Wollman.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
MacDermot, Galt. Hair.
Trask, Stephen. Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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