Overview

Eager to respond to the concerns and tastes of the increasingly influential baby-boomer generation, musical theater in the late 1960s began to embrace formerly taboo subjects-including the triumvirate of postwar social change: sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Sex, Drugs, Rock&Roll, and Musicals shows how American culture has changed over the twentieth century, from the Roaring Twenties (The Wild Party) to the cultural chaos of the '50s (Grease) and the sexual revolution of the '60s (Hair) and '70s (Rocky Horror), to the rebirth of the art form in the '90s (Bat Boy), and up to the present, exploring where we've been and where we might be heading. This is a celebration of the counter-culture taking center stage in the most American of performing arts, and changing it forever.

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Author:   Scott Miller
Publisher:   Northeastern University Press
Imprint:   Northeastern University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9781555537432

ISBN 10:   155553743
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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The writing is compelling, whether you've seen the shows or not. Miller backs up his assertions with copious quotes from writers, actors, critics, lyrics and historians. In addition to everything else this book accomplishes, it functions as historical writing and an examination of morality. --Clayton-Richamond Heights Patch

Ferocious theatrical intelligence. --American Theatre

Author Information

Scott Miller was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He is a fellow of the American Numismatic Society and has presented papers at two Coinage of the Americas Conferences. He has also written articles on medallic topics for a number of other publications, including the American Journal of Numismatics, The Kent Collector and MCA Advisory. He currently resides on the mainland with his wife and son.

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