{"product_id":"her-turn-on-stage-grace-barnes-9780786498611","title":"Her Turn on Stage: The Role of Women in Musical Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e Audiences for musical theater are predominantly women, yet shows are frequently created and produced by men. Onstage, female characters are depicted as victims or sex objects and lack the complexity of their male counterparts. Offstage, women are under-represented among writers, directors, composers and choreographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While other areas of the arts rally behind gender equality, musical theater demonstrates a disregard for women and an authentic female voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If musical theater reflects prevailing societal attitudes, what does the modern musical tell us about the place of women in contemporary America, the UK and Australia? Are women deliberately kept out of musical theater by men jealously guarding their territory or is the absence of women a result of the modernization of the genre? Based on interviews with successful female performers, writers, directors, choreographers and executives, this book offers a unique female viewpoint on musical theater today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786498617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786498611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Grace Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981209862399,"sku":"9780786498611","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_828fa367-4a09-44ba-af1c-f00d8758ea11.jpg?v=1683254259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/her-turn-on-stage-grace-barnes-9780786498611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}