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Studies in Musical Theatre 15.3 is out now! Special Section

Intellect is pleased to announce that Studies in Musical Theatre 15.3 is out now!

Special Section: ‘The Bruce Kirle Memorial Panel, ATHE Conference’

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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 15.3

Editorial

JESSICA STERNFELD AND ELIZABETH WOLLMAN

Articles

From Heathers to Six: Stealth musicals and the TikTok Broadway archive

TREVOR BOFFONE

Presenting research as a libretto

MELISSA FENTON

Encounters with ‘the same’ (but different): London Road and the politics of territories and repetitions in verbatim musical theatre

DEMETRIS ZAVROS

Special Section: ‘The Bruce Kirle Memorial Panel, ATHE Conference’

Introduction to the Special Section