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7 Blockbuster Musicals in the Age of Obama: The Book of Mormon and Hamilton
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Warren Hoffman
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface to the Second Edition ix
- Overture All Singin’! All Dancin’! All White People? 1
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ACT ONE 1927–1957
- 1 Only Make Believe: Performing Race in Show Boat 31
- 2 Playing Cowboys and Indians: Forging Whiteness in Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun 55
- 3 Trouble in New York City: The Racial Politics of West Side Story and The Music Man 81
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ACT TWO 1967–2019
- 4 Carbon Copies: Black and Interracial Productions of White Musicals 111
- 5 A Chorus Line: The Benetton of Broadway Musicals 144
- 6 Everything Old Is New Again: Nostalgia and the Broadway Musical at the End of the Twentieth Century 167
- 7 Blockbuster Musicals in the Age of Obama: The Book of Mormon and Hamilton 201
- Exit Music 225
- Acknowledgments 235
- Notes 239
- Bibliography 265
- Permissions 273
- Index 275
- About the Author 287
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface to the Second Edition ix
- Overture All Singin’! All Dancin’! All White People? 1
-
ACT ONE 1927–1957
- 1 Only Make Believe: Performing Race in Show Boat 31
- 2 Playing Cowboys and Indians: Forging Whiteness in Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun 55
- 3 Trouble in New York City: The Racial Politics of West Side Story and The Music Man 81
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ACT TWO 1967–2019
- 4 Carbon Copies: Black and Interracial Productions of White Musicals 111
- 5 A Chorus Line: The Benetton of Broadway Musicals 144
- 6 Everything Old Is New Again: Nostalgia and the Broadway Musical at the End of the Twentieth Century 167
- 7 Blockbuster Musicals in the Age of Obama: The Book of Mormon and Hamilton 201
- Exit Music 225
- Acknowledgments 235
- Notes 239
- Bibliography 265
- Permissions 273
- Index 275
- About the Author 287