Adam Lenson
Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals
Breaking into Song: Why You Shouldn't Hate Musicals
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A collection of essays that explore the divide and polarisation of opinion over musical theatre, and what we can do to stay open-minded and make musicals better.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 02 September 2021
Publisher: Salamander Street Limited
“This book is a fascinating cri de coeur and made me question
everything I think about musicals”Alan Cumming
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.
“A passionate and cogently argued call to arms and a very enjoyable read”
Lyn Gardner
“This book is really brilliant. If you care about/enjoy/work in/struggle with/want to understand/have concerns for the state of musical theatre, it is essential reading. Hugely recommended”
Howard Goodall
“I would advise anyone who… hates musicals… to read this book”
Musical Theatre Review
“Bold, inclusive and willing to adapt, Adam Lenson’s blueprint for musical theatre
above all looks at sustainability.”
The Reviews Hub
Contents:
Breaking Into Song
The Wound
On Hating Musicals
Cash Machines
Musicals and Comic Books
Superpowers
Musicals are Political
Poopy Babies
When Words Are No Longer Enough
Collaboration
Time and Memory
Photocopying a Photocopy
I’m Not a Genre, Not Yet a Medium
Expertise
What’s The Point?
Definitions
Audiences
Musicals and Video Games
Can Musicals Ever Be Cool?
The Triangle
Tiny Bowls
Musicals and Opera
Digging vs Telescopes
The Musical
Cardboard Cities
Musicals Cost Too Much
Autobiography
Opposites
Build it and They Will Come
What’s in a Name?
Replicas
Stacks
Making Space
Weight: 236g
Dimension: 132 x 197 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914228025
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