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The up-and-down history of the rock musical
Until I read Elizabeth L. Wollman‘s The Theater Will Rock (from the University of Michigan Press), I’d thought that the history of the rock musical was a bit larger than it actually is. In her book,...
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Zak’s I Don’t Sound Like Nobody better the deeper it gets
I Don’t Sound Like Nobody takes its title from a famous quote attributed to Elvis Presley. For the first half of the book of the same name by Albin J. Zak III, the same cannot be said. The musical...
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The blues, caught in photographs
In the interest of honesty, I’ll be forthright and explain that I’m not a big fan of photography collections. Inevitably, there are shots that are included more for their historical value than...
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Cateforis analyzes new wave with a discerning eye
In his book for the University of Michigan Press, Are We Not New Wave? Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s, author Theo Cateforis created a selection if essays on the various focii of new wave, and...
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