Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals

Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals

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Author: Lenson, Adam

Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 200

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Publisher: Salamander Street Limited

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A book for those who can’t stand musicals, those who love them, and every theatregoer, academic, practitioner and student in between. Breaking Into Song explores theatre’s most divisive genre, and asks the fundamental questions:

  • What makes a musical?

  • Why are they so polarising?

  • And why have we allowed a form so full of possibility to become so repetitive and restrictive?

Through a series of essays, London-based director, dramaturg and musical theatre specialist Adam Lenson asks what audiences can do to stay open minded and what creatives can do to make new musicals better. Examining both sides of the divide, he explores how those who both love and hate musicals can expand the possibilities of this misunderstood medium.

Dive in and discover the political foundations of the form, the difficulties in pinning down exactly what it is, the connections between musicals, video games, opera and comic books, and why a musical is, actually, a lot like a poopy baby.