The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers
This handbook is the first to provide a systematic investigation of the various roles of producers in commercial and not-for-profit musical theatre. Featuring fifty-one essays written by international specialists in the field, it offers new insights into
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The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers
Laura MacDonald • William A. Everett Editors
The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers
Editors Laura MacDonald School of Media and Performing Arts University of Portsmouth Portsmouth, United Kingdom
William A. Everett Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-44029-7 ISBN 978-1-137-43308-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-43308-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016963272 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Photo by Kenn Duncan © Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Acknowledgements
The genesis of this volume began with a roundtable session, ‘“The Most Fabulous Producers”: A Re-evaluation of Producers’ Innovations and Achievements in American Theatre’, which took place at the annual meeting of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) on 2 August 2012, in Washington, DC. As the conveners of the roundtable, we remain grateful to the participants for their involvement and especially for the suggestion and subsequent encouragement that they and numerous attendees gave us to develop the project further. We didn’t even leave the conference before talking with Robyn Curtis, former associate editor at Palgrave Macmillan, about co-editing a collection of essays on the topic of musical theatre producers. Her immediate reaction that this was something worth pursuing was certainly inspirational, and we are deeply indebted to her for suggesting the idea of a handboo
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