{"product_id":"9781978807112-grt-white-way-second-edition-n","title":"The Great White Way","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRace and the Broadway Musical. Musicals reflect the political and social issues of their day. Warren Hoffman investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allowing them to simultaneously present and hide their racial agendas in plain view of their audiences. Broadway musicals are one of America’s most beloved art forms and play to millions of people each year. But what do these shows, which are often thought to be just frothy entertainment, really have to say about our country and who we are as a nation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now in a new second edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Great White Way\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to reveal the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years from \u003ci\u003eShow Boat\u003c\/i\u003e (1927) to \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). This revised edition includes a new introduction and conclusion, updated chapters, as well as a brand-new chapter that looks at the blockbuster musicals \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Musicals mirror their time periods and reflect the political and social issues of their day. Warren Hoffman investigates the thematic content of the Broadway musical and considers how musicals work on a structural level, allowing them to simultaneously present and hide their racial agendas in plain view of their audiences. While the musical is informed by the cultural contributions of African Americans and Jewish immigrants, Hoffman argues that ultimately the history of the American musical is the history of white identity in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Presented chronologically, \u003ci\u003eThe Great White Way\u003c\/i\u003e shows how perceptions of race altered over time and how musicals dealt with those changes. Hoffman focuses first on shows leading up to and comprising the Golden Age of Broadway (1927–1960s), then turns his attention to the revivals and nostalgic vehicles that defined the final quarter of the twentieth century. He offers entirely new and surprising takes on shows from the American musical canon—\u003ci\u003eShow Boat\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), \u003ci\u003eOklahoma!\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eAnnie Get Your Gun\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), \u003ci\u003eThe Music Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eA Chorus Line\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), and \u003ci\u003e42nd Street\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), among others. In addition to a new chapter on \u003ci\u003eHamilton \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mormon\u003c\/i\u003e, this revised edition brings \u003ci\u003eThe Great White Way\u003c\/i\u003e fully into the twenty-first century with an examination of jukebox musicals and the role of off-Broadway and regional theaters in the development of the American musical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New archival research on the creators who produced and wrote these shows, including Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, and Edward Kleban, will have theater fans and scholars rethinking forever how they view this popular American entertainment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39805702111329,"sku":"9781978807112","price":32.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/742490ecd339625e0e87604459c4e2ca.png?v=1688619826","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781978807112-grt-white-way-second-edition-n","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}