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CHAPTER 5. Kiss of the Spider Woman: Sex, Politics, and the Diva Musical
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James Leve
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- CHAPTER 1. Forty-Two Years of Musicals 12
- CHAPTER 2. The Divinely Decadent Lives of Cabaret 35
- CHAPTER 3. Chicago Broadway to Hollywood 77
- CHAPTER 4. Fred Without John and John Without Fred 103
- CHAPTER 5. Kiss of the Spider Woman: Sex, Politics, and the Diva Musical 150
- CHAPTER 6. Flops and Second Chances: Flora, the Red Menace; The Happy Time; Zorbá; 70, Girls, 70; The Rink; and Steel Pier 170
- CHAPTER 7. Divas or Anti-Divas? The Act and The Woman of the Year 229
- CHAPTER 8. Musicals Abandoned and Imagined 239
- CHAPTER 9. “A Tough Act to Follow”: Curtains and Three New Shows 258
- Appendix 307
- Notes 315
- Index 345
- Credits 363
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
- CHAPTER 1. Forty-Two Years of Musicals 12
- CHAPTER 2. The Divinely Decadent Lives of Cabaret 35
- CHAPTER 3. Chicago Broadway to Hollywood 77
- CHAPTER 4. Fred Without John and John Without Fred 103
- CHAPTER 5. Kiss of the Spider Woman: Sex, Politics, and the Diva Musical 150
- CHAPTER 6. Flops and Second Chances: Flora, the Red Menace; The Happy Time; Zorbá; 70, Girls, 70; The Rink; and Steel Pier 170
- CHAPTER 7. Divas or Anti-Divas? The Act and The Woman of the Year 229
- CHAPTER 8. Musicals Abandoned and Imagined 239
- CHAPTER 9. “A Tough Act to Follow”: Curtains and Three New Shows 258
- Appendix 307
- Notes 315
- Index 345
- Credits 363