Tell it to the world : the Broadway musical abroad / David Savran.
- 作者： Savran, David, 1950-
- 出版： New York, NY : Oxford University Press c2024.
- 主題： Musicals.--Germany--History and criticism. , Musicals.--Korea (South)--History and criticism. , Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism. , Flaherty, Stephen. , Krieger, Henry.
- ISBN： 9780190249533 (hbk.) 、 9780190249540 (epub)
- 書目註：Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 系統號： 005153842 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
What happens when Broadway goes abroad? Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad offers a look at how the Broadway musical travels the world, influencing and even transforming local practices and traditions. It also shows how some of the most innovative, beautiful, and exciting musical theatre is being made outside the United States.
摘要註
"The Broadway musical has become the most mobile form of theatre in the world. It migrates not only as a body of globe-trotting works such as The Lion King, but also as a set of musical theatre forms and conventions uniquely adaptable to local traditions. This Introduction answers the big questions: what is a musical? Why is it the great success story of U.S. theatre? How has it been assimilated to musical theatre traditions around the world? Examining Germany and South Korea, it studies how producers have started using overseas productions of musicals as far-flung Broadway try-outs, focusing on two productions that later moved to New York, Rocky: The Musical and Dreamgirls"--
內容註
Part One. Introduction. Why Musical Theatre? -- Part Two. South Korea. The New Broadway-Style Musical ; The Sound of Korea -- Part Three. Germany. Enter the Musical ; Musical Comedy Recalibrated ; Celebrating the Great Tralala.