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Her turn on stage : the role of women in musical theatre / Grace Barnes.

By: Barnes, Grace, 1965- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: vii, 210 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780786498611 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Women in musical theater | Women musical theater producers and directors | Musicals -- History and criticism | Performing Arts | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792.6'082 Summary: If musical theatre reflects prevailing attitudes, what does the modern musical tell us about attitudes towards women? Are women kept out of musical theatre by men jealously guarding their territory or is the absence of women a result of commercialization and mechanization of the genre? Based on interviews with women performers, writers, directors, choreographers and executives, this book addresses these questions.
List(s) this item appears in: Women 's History Month 2023
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

If musical theatre reflects prevailing attitudes, what does the modern musical tell us about attitudes towards women? Are women kept out of musical theatre by men jealously guarding their territory or is the absence of women a result of commercialization and mechanization of the genre? Based on interviews with women performers, writers, directors, choreographers and executives, this book addresses these questions.

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