Our Musicals, Ourselves by John Bush Jones
The first comprehensive social history of the American musical theater
"Chicago's haul at the Oscars and the box office makes this an auspicious time for.. new surveys of American musical theater. Our Musicals, Ourselves is the most interesting of the bunch. Author John Bush Jones pairs the history of musicals with that of America itself." - Variety; "The strength of this sweeping thesis is its scope... But the fun comes from showing how events and trends in widely separated decades all sprang from similar currents of thought. By looking at the entire continuum of musicals as a single ongoing dialogue between Broadway and America, the book serves up fresh insights and eyebrow-raising parallels on each page." - Playbill."
John Bush Jones is a retired Professor of Theater Arts at Brandeis University. He has written theater criticism for numerous publications, including the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald, and the New England Theater Journal. He has directed dozens of musicals in professional, community, and university theaters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780874519044 |
| ISBN 10 | 0874519047 |
| Title | Our Musicals, Ourselves |
| Author | John Bush Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dartmouth College Press |
| Year published | 2004-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 426 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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