Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors

Author:   Adam Abraham
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350179301


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   08 September 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors


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Author:   Adam Abraham
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
ISBN:  

9781350179301


ISBN 10:   1350179302
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   08 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Skid Row: From Roger Corman's Hollywood to Off-Off-Broadway 2 Adaptation: How to Make a Nightmare Sing 3 Opening the Shop: Designers, Auditions, Rehearsals 4 A Monster Hit: The Off-Broadway Production 5 It Conquered the World: New York to London and Beyond 6 Audrey III: Cinematic Dreams and Disillusionment 7 We'll Have Tomorrow: The Curious Afterlives of a Man-Eating Musical

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Adam Abraham writes in breathtaking detail about the making of Little Shop of Horrors, the enduring and beloved musical that launched the careers of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken - two immortals who lit up the skies. * Albert Poland, Author of STAGES - A Theater Memoir *


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Adam Abraham studied English at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, and the University of York. He then completed a doctoral degree at the University of Oxford, where he researched imitations, parodies, and plagiarisms of nineteenth-century novels. He is the author of Plagiarizing the Victorian Novel: Imitation, Parody, Aftertext, and When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA. He has presented work at conferences in Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham, Kent, York, Dublin, and California. In addition to his research on the Victorian era, Abraham has written on Hollywood film and animation.

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