Dueling grounds : revolution and revelation in the musical Hamilton - Lodge, Mary Jo; Laird, Paul R.
Introduction : Revolution and Liminality in the Musical Hamilton / Mary Jo Lodge and Paul R. Laird -- Part I. Hamilton and History. The 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 ; The 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Miranda, Lin-Manuel, -- 1980-; Hamilton, Alexander, -- 1757-1804 -- Drama -- History and criticism; Race in musical theater; United States -- History -- Drama -- History and criticism. -- Revolution, 1775-1783