Women in American musical theatre : essays on composers, lyricists, librettists, arrangers, choreographers, designers, directors, producers and performance artists /
Women in American musical theatre : essays on composers, lyricists, librettists, arrangers, choreographers, designers, directors, producers and performance artists /
edited by Bud Coleman and Judith Sebesta.
- Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, c2008.
- x, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Will you remember: female lyricists of operetta and musical comedy / Korey Rothman Hallie Flanagan and Cheryl Crawford : women pioneer producers of the 1930s / Barbara Means Fraser Twentieth-century women choreographers : refining and redefining the showgirl image / Anna Wheeler Gentry A composer in her own right : arrangers, musical directors and conductors / Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh Working with the boys : women who wrote musicals in the golden age / Gary Konas Designing women / Tish Dace Helburn, Dalrymple, and Lortel : a triumvirate of great producers / Bud Coleman "Open a new window, open a new door" : women directors take the stage / Anne Fliotsos Social consciousness and the "search for new directions" : the musicals of Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford, and Elizabeth Swados / Judith Sebesta The rise of the female director/choreographer on Broadway / Mary Jo Lodge From revolution to revelation : women performance artists and the transformation of American musical theatre / Woodrow Hood.
"These essays examine the history of women in musical theatre, providing biographical descriptions; interpretations of their productions; and several accounts of how being a woman affected their careers"--Provided by publisher.
9780786433827 (softcover : alk. paper) : No price
2008009206
GBA882273 bnb
Women musical theater producers and directors--United States.
Women composers--United States.
Women choreographers--United States.
Musical theater--History--United States--20th century.
ML82 / .W645 2008
792.60820973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Will you remember: female lyricists of operetta and musical comedy / Korey Rothman Hallie Flanagan and Cheryl Crawford : women pioneer producers of the 1930s / Barbara Means Fraser Twentieth-century women choreographers : refining and redefining the showgirl image / Anna Wheeler Gentry A composer in her own right : arrangers, musical directors and conductors / Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh Working with the boys : women who wrote musicals in the golden age / Gary Konas Designing women / Tish Dace Helburn, Dalrymple, and Lortel : a triumvirate of great producers / Bud Coleman "Open a new window, open a new door" : women directors take the stage / Anne Fliotsos Social consciousness and the "search for new directions" : the musicals of Gretchen Cryer, Nancy Ford, and Elizabeth Swados / Judith Sebesta The rise of the female director/choreographer on Broadway / Mary Jo Lodge From revolution to revelation : women performance artists and the transformation of American musical theatre / Woodrow Hood.
"These essays examine the history of women in musical theatre, providing biographical descriptions; interpretations of their productions; and several accounts of how being a woman affected their careers"--Provided by publisher.
9780786433827 (softcover : alk. paper) : No price
2008009206
GBA882273 bnb
Women musical theater producers and directors--United States.
Women composers--United States.
Women choreographers--United States.
Musical theater--History--United States--20th century.
ML82 / .W645 2008
792.60820973