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Studies in Musical Theatre 15.2 is out now!

Intellect is pleased to announce that Studies in Musical Theatre 15.2 is out now!

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https://www.intellectbooks.com/studies-in-musical-theatre

Aims and Scope

Studies in Musical Theatre is a peer-reviewed journal and the first academic periodical in this area. We would like to invite contributions that explore any aspect of the musical on-stage or on-screen. For example:

music theatre and musical theatre;
archival and production research;
narratives of the musical stage ;
historiographical perspectives;
musicological and dramaturgical approaches;
performance and performance practice;
approaches to training and the industry;
the fusion of words and music;
the use of music and song within ‘straight’ theatre;
paralinguistics and rhetorical expression;
negotiating the art/entertainment divide;
the academic study of musical theatre.

The journal also welcomes contributions from recognized practitioners in the field, which may include writers, directors, MDs, performers, coaches, etc.

Issue 15.2

Editorial

ELIZABETH WOLLMAN AND JESSICA STERNFELD

Articles

Ideals of ‘Britishness’ reproduced in the musical adaptation of David Walliams’s The Boy in the Dress at the Royal Shakespeare Company

GRACE BARNES

Voices from the past: Reviving a rarely heard musical on a college campus

AMANDA J. NELSON AND RICHARD MASTERS

Colour and light: Colour theory and mechanization in Sunday in the Park with George’s Chromolume

JEFFREY RUBEL

#YouWillBeFound: Participatory fandom, social media marketing and Dear Evan Hansen

ADAM RUSH