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Author:   Bud Coleman ,  Judith A. Sebesta
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780786433827

ISBN 10:   0786433825
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   04 June 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      “Will You Remember”: Female Lyricists of Operetta and Musical Comedy Korey R. 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      Contributors      Index     

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"""valuable information...excellent...recommended for all public and academic library collections...a must purchase for all scholars of American musical theater""--ARBA."

valuable information...excellent...recommended for all public and academic library collections...a must purchase for all scholars of American musical theater --ARBA.

Author Information

Bud Coleman is chair of the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A former dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Fort Worth Ballet, Kinesis, and Ballet Austin, he has directed and choreographed numerous musical productions. Judith A. Sebesta is Executive Director of the Institute for Competency-Based Education at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

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