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BL
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1008607
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b762977
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| Main Entry
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Sternfeld, Jessica,1971-
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| Title & Author
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The megamusical /\ Jessica Sternfeld.
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| Publication Statement
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Bloomington :: Indiana University Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Profiles in popular music
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 441 pages) :: music
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| ISBN
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0253112311
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: 9780253112316
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0253347939
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9780253347930
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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"Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land?" : Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Humming the scenery" : the megamusical ascending -- "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was" : Cats -- "To love another person is to see the face of God" : Les misérables -- "The angel of music sings songs in my head" : The phantom of the Opera -- "A model of decorum and tranquility" : other megamusicals in the 1980s -- "New music" : the megamusical in the 1990s -- "Everything is show biz" : the megamusical and Broadway in the twenty-first century.
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| Abstract
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A no-nonsense volume that makes a stout-hearted defense of a much-maligned type of popular theater, the modern musical spectacle.
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Lloyd Webber, Andrew.
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Schönberg, Claude-Michel.
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Musicals-- History and criticism.
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Musical
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Musicals.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Theater-- General.
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Musicals.
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Cats.
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Jesus Christ superstar.
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Les misérables.
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Phantom of the opera.
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| Dewey Classification
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792.6
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| LC Classification
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ML2054.S74 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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24.22bcl
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