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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.

Contributor(s): Coleman, Bertram E, 1956- | Sebesta, Judith, 1966-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, c2008Description: x, 282 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780786433827 (softcover : alk. paper) :Subject(s): Women musical theater producers and directors -- United States | Women composers -- United States | Women choreographers -- United States | Musical theater -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 792.60820973 LOC classification: ML82 | .W645 2008
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
List(s) this item appears in: Women 's History Month 2023
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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.

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