| Description |
viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Revolution and liminality in the musical Hamilton / Mary Jo Lodge and Paul R. Laird -- Part I. Hamilton and history. Creation of the United States and the Broadway stage / Paul R. Laird ; Economics lessons in history with Alexander Hamilton : From Adam Smith to Broadway / Christopher S. Ruebeck and Mary Jo Lodge ; Ten dollar opera : Hamilton as a new modernism / Stuart Hecht ; Musical 'Founders chic' : 1776 and Hamilton as heritage musicals / Mary Jo Lodge -- Part II. Hamilton and representation. Hamilton's gendered entanglements / Stacy Wolf ; Taking Hamilton to the streets : Lin-Manuel Miranda, Latinidad, and the aesthetics of accessibility / Trevor Boffone ; Hamilton, history, historiography / Rachel B. Hermann ; A 'model' American musical : Hamilton and the rise of model minorities / Sissi Liu -- Part III. Staging Hamilton. Hamilton and the liminal director : Navigating the space between writer and star / Alan Patrick Kenny and Mary Jo Lodge ; Revolutionary movement : 'Non-stop' ensemble choreography at work / Dustyn Martincich ; Telling the story of Hamilton in the twenty-first century : The layering of historical and modern aesthetics through costume design / Ella Hawkins -- Part IV. Singing Hamilton. Long live hip-hop : Hamilton and the death (and rebirth) of Hip-Hop / Cheryl L. Keyes ; Words flooding the senses : The tradition and impact of Hamilton's vocal stylings / Elizabeth Sallinger ; Hamilton--An American musical : The very model of a modern major (British) megamusical / Adam Rush -- Conclusion. Revelation in Hamilton / Mary Jo Lodge and Paul R. Laird. |
| Summary |
"Hamilton opened on Broadway in 2015 and quickly became one of the hottest tickets the industry has ever seen. Lin-Manuel Miranda--who wrote the book, lyrics, and music, and created the title role--adapted the show from Ron Chernow's biography Alexander Hamilton. Although it seems an unlikely source for a Broadway musical, Miranda found a liminal space where the life that Hamilton led and the issues that he confronted came alive more than two centuries later while also commenting on contemporary life in the United States and how we view our nation's history. With a score largely based on rap and drawing on other aspects of hip-hop culture, and staged with actors of color playing the white Founding Fathers, Hamilton has much to say about race in the United States today and in our past, but at the same time it leaves important things insufficiently explained, such as the role of women and people of color in Hamilton's time. Dueling Grounds: Revolution and Revelation in the Musical Hamilton is a volume that combines the work of theater scholars and practitioners, musicologists, and scholars in such fields as ethnomusicology, history, gender studies, and economics in a multi-faceted approach to the show's varied uses of liminality, looking at its creation, casting philosophy, dance and movement, costuming, staging, direction, lyrics, music, marketing, and how aspects of race, gender, and class fit into the show and its production. Demonstrating that there is much to celebrate, as well as challenging issues to confront concerning Hamilton, Dueling Grounds is an uncompromising look at one of the most important musicals of the century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- Hamilton.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Drama -- History and criticism.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama -- History and criticism.
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Race in musical theater.
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Race in musical theater. |
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Drama. |
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United States. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Lodge, Mary Jo, editor.
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Laird, Paul R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Dueling grounds New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. 9780190938871 (DLC) 2020057189 |
| ISBN |
9780190938840 hardcover |
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0190938846 hardcover |
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9780190938857 paperback |
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0190938854 paperback |
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9780190938871 electronic publication |
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