The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations (livre en anglais)

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Sous la direction de Dominic Broomfield-McHugh

Type: Etudes
Sujet: Genre > Comédie musicale
Mots Clés: comédie musicale, Broadway, adaptation
Année d'édition: 2023
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Collection: Oxford Handbooks
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 440 pages
14 x 21 cm

ISBN

978-0-19-764939-8

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Description de l'ouvrage :
Oxford Handbooks • First wide-ranging exploration of stage-to-screen adaptations of musicals, now available in shorter form for individual readers and courses
• Includes new archival information on films like Finian's Rainbow and Hair
• Presents new insights from Stephen Sondheim and Rob Marshall on Into the Woods

Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, the film musical enjoyed around thirty years of development, as landmarks such as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi showed the exciting possibilities of putting musicals on the silver screen.

The first of three volumes, The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation: An Oxford Handbook traces how the genre of the stage-to-screen musical has evolved, starting with early screen adaptations such as the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie Roberta and working through to Into the Woods (2014). Many chapters examine specific screen adaptations in depth, while others deal with broad issues such as realism or the politics of the adaptation in works such as Li'l Abner and Finian's Rainbow. Together, the chapters incite lively debates about the process of adapting Broadway for the big screen and provide models for future studies.

Volume I: The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation
Volume II: Race, Sexuality, and Gender and the Musical Screen Adaptation
Volume III: Stars, Studios, and the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

À propos de l'auteur :
Edited by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, Professor of Musicology, University of Sheffield Dominic Broomfield-McHugh is Professor of Musicology at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely on the Broadway and Hollywood musicals, including seven books, and has collaborated with many of the world's leading arts organisations, ranging from the Sydney Opera House to the Library of Congress.

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