In this episode, musical theater writer Christie Baugher discusses the female gaze in musical theater, from Oklahoma to Fun Home. We also talk about Micki Grant's song "Cleanin' Women" from the 1978 musical Working.
Scene to Song Episode 32: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats
Scene to Song Episode 31: Rock Musicals as a Vehicle for Coming-of-Age Stories and Biographies
Scene to Song Episode 30: The Musical Revue
Scene to Song Episode 29: Musicals That Grapple with Racial and/or Socio-Economic Politics in Non-Obvious Ways
Scene to Song Episode 28: The Bock and Harnick Musicals Fiddler on the Roof and The Rothschilds
Scene to Song Episode 27: Latinx Characters in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 26: Sondheim and Weidman's Assassins
Scene to Song Episode 25: The Lesser-Known Musicals of Ahrens and Flaherty
Scene to Song Episode 24: The Formation of White/White Jewish Identity in America and the Racial History of America Constructed through Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 23: The Musicals of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Scene to Song Episode 22: Representations of Judaism in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 21: Genre and Tropes in David Yazbek's Score for The Band's Visit
Scene to Song Episode 20: Orchestrations and Creating a Sound World in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 19: Political Musicals
Scene to Song Episode 18: The Women of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Scene to Song Episode 17: Directing Middle School and High School Students in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 16: How the Films of Todd Graff (Camp, Bandslam, and Joyful Noise) Work As Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 15: The Musical My Fair Lady
Scene to Song Episode 14: Portraying Mental Illness in Musical Theater
Scene to Song Episode 13: Season One Finale
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