Sternfeld, Jessica, 1971-

The megamusical [electronic resource] / Jessica Sternfeld. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. - xi, 441 p. : music ; 25 cm. - Profiles in popular music . - Profiles in popular music. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-434) and index.

"Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?" : Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Humming the scenery" : the megamusical ascending -- "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was" : Cats -- "To love another person is to see the face of God" : Les misérables -- "The angel of music sings songs in my head" : The phantom of the Opera -- "A model of decorum and tranquility" : other megamusicals in the 1980s -- "New music" : the megamusical in the 1990s -- "Everything is show biz" : the megamusical and Broadway in the twenty-first century.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
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GBA678146 bnb

Uk


Musicals--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

ML2054 / .S74 2006eb

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