Show Notes
In this episode, we talk with Paige Allen and Stacy Wolf, authors of Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre, about the relationship between feminism, spectatorship, and the musical theatre canon.
Using shows including The Music Man, Evita, Fun Home, and SIX, the book explores how feminist theory can help us understand and analyze musicals, particularly the contradictions of an art form beloved by women audiences while historically dominated by male artists and producers.
Joining the conversation as moderator is Jill Dolan, theater scholar, critic, and author of The Feminist Spectator as Critic and Utopia in Performance. Together, they explore how a feminist perspective can reshape the way we watch, interpret, and understand musical theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More from The Drama Book Show!
In this episode, we talk with playwright Doug DeVita about his adaptation of E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, reimagining the classic novel through the lens of hidden desire, forbidden intimacy, and colonial repression.
In this episode, we talk with award-winning playwright and screenwriter Tori Keenan-Zelt about The JonBenét Game, a play exploring the complicated relationship between true crime, violence, grief, and the stories we tell ourselves.
In this episode, we talk with members of Fake Friends—Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley, Rory Pelsue, Cat Rodríguez, and Ariel Sibert—about their groundbreaking digital theater work created during the pandemic.
In this episode, we talk with Tony Award–winning producer and Broadway Plus founder and CEO Nathaniel Hill about his book The VIP Effect and the art of creating unforgettable experiences.
In this episode, we talk with Nicole Brewer, theater director, educator, and originator of the internationally recognized Antiracist Theatre (ART) model, about her book The Antiracist Theatre and reimagining how artists collaborate.