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- Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Northeastern University Press
summary
Eager to respond to the concerns and tastes of the increasingly influential baby-boomer generation, musical theater in the late 1960s began to embrace formerly taboo subjects--including the triumvirate of postwar social change: sex, drugs, and rock & roll.
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals shows how American culture has changed over the twentieth century, from the Roaring Twenties (The Wild Party) to the cultural chaos of the '50s (Grease) and the sexual revolution of the '60s (Hair) and '70s (Rocky Horror), to the rebirth of the art form in the '90s (Bat Boy), and up to the present, exploring where we've been and where we might be heading. This is a celebration of the counter-culture taking center stage in the most American of performing arts, and changing it forever.
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals shows how American culture has changed over the twentieth century, from the Roaring Twenties (The Wild Party) to the cultural chaos of the '50s (Grease) and the sexual revolution of the '60s (Hair) and '70s (Rocky Horror), to the rebirth of the art form in the '90s (Bat Boy), and up to the present, exploring where we've been and where we might be heading. This is a celebration of the counter-culture taking center stage in the most American of performing arts, and changing it forever.
Table of Contents
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- Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals
- pp. iii-iv
- The Wild Party
- pp. 4-24
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- pp. 84-111
- The Rocky Horror Show
- pp. 112-139
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- pp. 140-158
- I Love My Wife
- pp. 159-174
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- pp. 204-223
- High Fidelity
- pp. 224-246
- The Rock Musical Now and Forever
- pp. 247-282
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555537616
Related ISBN(s)
9781555537425
MARC Record
OCLC
798295591
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No