Wo die Sprache aufhört, fängt die Musik an.? Was der Dichterkomponist E. T. A. Hoffmann aussprach, verfolgen die in diesem Band versammelten Essays zunächst an literarischen Beispielen: Schiller, Tieck, Hölderlin, Balzac, Jahnn und anderen. Die Perspektive ist dabei eine doppelt…
La 4e de couv. indique : "Why has the female voice-as the resonant incarnation of the female body-inspired both fascination and ambivalence? Why were women restricted from performing on the Chinese public stage? How have female roles and voices been appropriated by men throughou…
Why has the female voice—as the resonant incarnation of the female body—inspired both fascination and ambivalence? Why were women restricted from performing on the Chinese public stage? How have female roles and voices been appropriated by men throughout much of the history of C…
Why has the female voice--as the resonant incarnation of the female body--inspired both fascination and ambivalence? Why were women restricted from performing on the Chinese public stage? How have female roles and voices been appropriated by men throughout much of the history of…
More than 14,000 productions are briefly described, including hundreds of plays, musicals, revivals, and specialty programs that have been performed on the Great White Way. Entries include famous and forgotten works, designed to give a complete picture of Broadways history and d…
"New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers, and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals this is the first single-vo…
"New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers, and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals this is the first single-vo…
"New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers, and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals this is the first single-vo…
"Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. By exploring a range of different performance events, from Andrew …
Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre looks afresh at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. From Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain's Got Tal…
Publisher Fact Sheet Mordden continues his history of the Broadway musical with a look at the decade that brought us some of the greatest hits of our time, such as Chorus Line and Annie, as well as the greatest musicals in the ouevre of Stephen Sondheim.
This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British - as opposed to American - popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in …
This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British - as opposed to American - popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in …
This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British - as opposed to American - popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in …
