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Discovering Musicals

A Liberal Arts Guide to Stage and Screen

by Marc Raymond Strauss

Type
Didactic
Subject
GenreMusicals
Keywords
musicals, dance
Publishing date
2019
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 240 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)
ISBN
978-1-4766-7450-6
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Book Presentation:
One of the few studies that cover both Broadway and Hollywood musicals, this book explores a majority of the most famous musicals over the past two centuries plus a select number of overlooked gems. Doubling as an introductory college and university text for musical, dance and theater majors and a guide for both musical connoisseurs and novices, the book includes YouTube references of nearly 1000 examples of dances and songs from musicals.

About the Author:
Marc Raymond Strauss is a professor emeritus of theater and dance from Southeast Missouri State University. He lives in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Press Reviews:
"An ideal curriculum textbook...informative and thoroughly ‘reader friendly’...recommended"―Midwest Book Review.

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co

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