Love is love is love : Broadway musicals and LGBTQ politics, 2010-2020 / Aaron C. Thomas.
| Author/creator | Thomas, Aaron C. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | vii, 183 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Shut up and deal -- It gets better than boyhood -- A gender of one, a sexuality of many -- All my life I had to fight -- Frozen eleganza. |
| Abstract | The politics of Broadway musicals matter a great deal more to U.S. American culture than they appear to mean, and they are especially important to mainstream politics surrounding sex, gender, and sexuality. This book looks to the Broadway musicals of the past decade for help understanding the current state of LGBTQ politics in the United States. Through analyses of Promises, Promises, Newsies, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Color Purple, and Frozen, this book attempts to move past the question of representational politics and asks us instead to think in more complex ways about LGBTQ identity, what LGBTQ politics are, and the politics of Broadway musicals themselves. Producing new, complex readings of all five of these musicals, the author places each of them within the context of the LGBTQ politics of their day. Some of the issues the book treats are controversies of casting, the closetedness and openness of musical theatre, LGBTQ identities, adaptation from movies into musicals, and the special power of the musical form by examining how these shows differ from the books and movies on which they're based. This book places contemporary LGBTQ political tensions and conversations in a new light, making this an essential companion for students and scholars of contemporary theatre, musical theatre, cultural studies, Queer studies and gender studies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2022047130 |
| ISBN | 9781032329499 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032329491 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781032329475 paperback |
| ISBN | 1032329475 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3918.M87 T65 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |