Changed for good : a feminist history of the Broadway musical / by Stacy Wolf.
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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780195378245 (pbk.) :; 0195378245 (pbk.) :; 9780195378238 (hbk.) :; 0195378237 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism | MusicDDC classification: 782.1'4'082'097471 Summary: From Maria in 'West Side Story' to Tracy Turnblatt in 'Hairspray' and Elphaba in 'Wicked', female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this book, Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American musical theatre from the start of the cold war to the present day.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
From Maria in 'West Side Story' to Tracy Turnblatt in 'Hairspray' and Elphaba in 'Wicked', female characters in Broadway musicals have belted and crooned their way into the American psyche. In this book, Stacy Wolf illuminates the women of American musical theatre from the start of the cold war to the present day.
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