Doing the time warp : strange temporalities and musical theatre / Sarah Taylor Ellis.
| Author/creator | Ellis, Sarah Taylor author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Methuen Drama 2022. |
| Description | xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. 'I would like, ah, if I may, to take you on a strange journey...' -- A funny thing happened... to the integrated musical: poetics and politics of queer temporality. Anxieties of integration: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) ; In the meanwhile: 'The miller's son' (1973) ; No day but today: Rent (1996) -- 'Let's do the time warp again': performing time, genre and spectatorship. Creatures of the night: The Rocky Horror Picture Show ; We'll make time stand still: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog -- Ragging race: spectral temporality in the American musical. Ragtime: the music ; Ragtime: the novel ; Ragtime: the musical ; Histories of integration ; Haunting me, just like a melody ; The player piano ; Ragging race -- 'I just projected myself out of it': rehearing identities in youth musical theatre. Camping it up at Camp ; Finding Glee ; So what about Hamilton? -- 'Just an illusion': identity and musical form. Performing the illusive 'I' ; Until now gives way to then: Fun Home ; The curious case of Bobby/Bobbie ; I am A Strange Loop -- Conclusion. 'Everything you're feeling is appropriate'. Flashing back to 2016: a musical number ; Flashforward to 2021: back to book time. |
| Abstract | This book employs the aesthetic principles of musical theater to consider the genre's politics, which can cut against the grain of dominant ideology to establish identities and communities in difference. The musical, a bastion of mainstream theatrical culture, always and already contains a fan culture of outsiders who dream themselves into being in the lineal timespaces of song and dance. This book employs an array of analytical approaches to the musical in which archival work is as essential as analysis of live performance. It analyzes dramaturgical notes found in Larry Gelbart's papers in the UCLA Performing Arts Collections as well as old sheet music covers and pianola advertisements; equally important are investigations into Sins o' the Flesh, a Rocky Horror shadowcast based in Los Angeles, and interviews with audience members who warped time in Taylor Mac's 24-hour-long popular music extravaganza at St. Ann's Warehouse. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index. |
| LCCN | 2021030258 |
| ISBN | 9781350151703 (HB) |
| ISBN | 135015170X (HB) |
| ISBN | 9781350333192 (PB) |
| ISBN | 1350333190 (PB) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
| ISBN | (eBook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML2054 .E55 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |