Media and Performance in the Musical explores the American musical both from the standpoint of media in which musicals have been created and from the people who do the work to bring a musical to life.
CONTENTS
Introduction by Raymond Knapp
Part I. Media
1. Theater
Tamsen Wolff
2. The Filmed Musical
Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris
3. The Television Musical
Robynn J. Stilwell
4. The Animated Film Musical
Susan Smith
5. The Evolution of the Original Cast Album
George Reddick
Part II. Performance
6. The Institutional Structure of the American Musical Theater
David Sanjek
7. Orchestration and Arrangement: Creating the Broadway Sound
Dominic Symonds
8. Musical Theater Directors
Barbara Wallace Grossman
9. Sets, Costumes, Lights, and Spectacle
Virginia Anderson
10. Acting
John M. Clum
11. Singing
Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp
12. Dance and Choreography
Zachary A. Dorsey
Bibliography