Australian Musical Theatre
Never Been Better?
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 4 December 2025
- ISBN 9781032965994
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages226 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 Illustrations, black & white; 12 Halftones, black & white 700
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Short description:
Australian Musical Theatre: Never Been Better? is the first sustained scholarly analysis of the Australian musical in the twenty-first century. The book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of musical theatre, theatre and performance studies, and Australian cultural studies and history.
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Australian Musical Theatre: Never Been Better? is the first sustained scholarly analysis of the Australian musical in the twenty-first century. In the past, the Australian musical has been much maligned: plagued by the sceptre of ‘The Great Australian Musical’ and dogged by recurring concerns about the content and quality of the genre. In this book, Mara Davis Johnson assesses these concerns and argues that they are unfounded.
Through detailed analysis of six musicals, she showcases the breadth and diversity of contemporary Australian musical theatre productions. The book demonstrates how these performances stage a repertory of tropes, characters, places, stories, fixations, and myths that produce a national imaginary for Australia. Methodologically, the book takes a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach that honours the hybrid nature of the musical and its broad cultural appeal.
This makes for an accessible, wide-ranging discussion that will appeal to scholars in diverse fields. The book will be an essential resource for scholars and students of musical theatre, theatre and performance studies, and Australian cultural studies and history.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Beyond Quest, Crisis, and The Great Australian Musical 1. Broadway as Transnational Brand in Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical 2. Sport, Masculinity, and Nation in Shane Warne: The Musical 3. Suburbia and the Beach in Songs from the Middle 4. Feeling Bad, Feeling Good: Reconciliation, Apology, and White Witnessing in The Rabbits 5. Artistic Agency, Anger, and Pub Rock in Barbara and the Camp Dogs 6. Climate Change and Soft-Close Drawers: The Local Meets the Global in Vivid White Conclusion: The Australian Musical Arrives
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