{"product_id":"adam-lenson-breaking-into-song-9781914228025","title":"Breaking into Song","description":"\"This book is a fascinating cri de coeur and made me question\n\u003cbr\u003e\neverything I think about musicals\"Alan Cumming\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA book for those who can't stand musicals, those who love them, and every theatregoer, academic, practitioner and student in between. Breaking Into Song explores theatre's most divisive genre, and asks the fundamental questions:\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat makes a musical?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhy are they so polarising?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd why have we allowed a form so full of possibility to become so repetitive and restrictive?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThrough a series of essays, London-based director, dramaturg and musical theatre specialist Adam Lenson asks what audiences can do to stay open minded and what creatives can do to make new musicals better. Examining both sides of the divide, he explores how those who both love and hate musicals can expand the possibilities of this misunderstood medium.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDive in and discover the political foundations of the form, the difficulties in pinning down exactly what it is, the connections between musicals, video games, opera and comic books, and why a musical is, actually, a lot like a poopy baby.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"A passionate and cogently argued call to arms and a very enjoyable read\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLyn Gardner\n\u003cbr\u003e\n \"This book is really brilliant. If you care about\/enjoy\/work in\/struggle with\/want to understand\/have concerns for the state of musical theatre, it is essential reading. Hugely recommended\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHoward Goodall\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"I would advise anyone who... hates musicals... to read this book\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusical Theatre Review\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Bold, inclusive and willing to adapt, Adam Lenson's blueprint for musical theatre \n\u003cbr\u003e\nabove all looks at sustainability.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Reviews Hub\n\u003cbr\u003e\nContents:\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBreaking Into Song\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Wound\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOn Hating Musicals\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCash Machines\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusicals and Comic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSuperpowers\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusicals are Political\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPoopy Babies\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen Words Are No Longer Enough\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCollaboration\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTime and Memory\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotocopying a Photocopy\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI'm Not a Genre, Not Yet a Medium\n\u003cbr\u003e\nExpertise\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat's The Point?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDefinitions\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAudiences\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusicals and Video Games\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCan Musicals Ever Be Cool?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Triangle\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTiny Bowls\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusicals and Opera\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDigging vs Telescopes\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Musical\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCardboard Cities\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMusicals Cost Too Much\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAutobiography\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOpposites\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBuild it and They Will Come\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat's in a Name?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nReplicas\n\u003cbr\u003e\nStacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMaking Space","brand":"Salamander Street Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53318577914198,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53370305577302,"sku":"9781914228025-V","price":4.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781914228025_1_150cd240-af06-4c42-9de9-f82cda7f2c6b.jpg?v=1779876660","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/adam-lenson-breaking-into-song-9781914228025","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}