Song, Stage and Screen XI

SONG, STAGE AND SCREEN XI
Hosted by Music in Gotham
The City College, City University of New York


Schedule (06/10/2016)

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Monday, June 27, 2016
9:30 Registration Room
10:00 Welcome S95
10:15-11:45 Session 1 Rodgers and . . ., part 1
Bradford Conner, Chair
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“Laughter on Tenth Avenue: Rodgers and Hart, Dwight Deere Wiman, and On Your Toes
Dominic Symonds, Lincoln University
“Treadmills, Planes, and Floating Bicycles: the Experimental Dances of Rodgers and Hart’s I Married an Angel (1938)
Jim Steichen, Stanford University
“Tales of the South Pacific: Reviving Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Show in London and New York”
Olaf Jubin, Regent's University London
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Session 2 A. Dancing
Renée Camus, Chair
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“Dancing With the Broadcast”
Emily Lane, Northwestern University
“Tap Dance on Screeen: from Stylistic Variability to Cinematic Creativity”
Veronica Bochynek, University of Salzburg
B. Mexico and Musicals
Michael Garber, Chair
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“Revolution, Immigration, and Modernity as Viewed Through the Mexican Musical Revue in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s”
John Koegel, California State University, Fullerton
“Robert W. Lerner’s Innovation and Tradition: the Viability of Musicals in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico”
Emilio Mendez, National Autonomous University of Mexico
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Session 3 A. Television and the Musical
Jessica Sternfeld, Chair
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“Convergence Culture and Networks of Participation in the Live Television Musical”
Ryan Bunch, Rutgers University, Camden
“Sequins and Songs on the Small Screen: 1970s Television Variety Shows and the Popularization of the ‘BroadVegas’ Hybrid”
Kelly Kessler, DePaul University
B. The Early Musical, part 1
Ben Sears, Chair
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“Cinderella and the Muddled Middle: Performing the Paradox of Class Anxiety on the London Musical Stage, 1890-1914”
Ben Macpherson, University of Portsmouth
“George M. Cohan’s Proto-‘Integrated’ Musicals”
Elizabeth Titrington Craft, University of Utah
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Session 4 Library Collections
Dominic McHugh, Chair
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“An Overview of The Billy Rose Theatre Division"
Doug Reside, Curator, New York Public Library Theatre Division
"19th-Century Theatre Songs in the American Music Research Center"
Thomas L. Riis, Director, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder
4:00-5:00 Session 5 Keynote Address
“Title of Keynote”
Millie Taylor, University of Winchester
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5:15- Reception, The City College Music Department and Music in Gotham
Tuesday, June 28
9:30-10:30 Session 6 Broadway and Children
Robert Gordon, Chair
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“Musical Theatre’s Backstage Diva and the Gendered Labor of U.S. Amateur Musical Theatre with Kids”
Stacy Wolf, Princeton University
“‘The Year of the Child’: Narratives of Jewish American Families and Young Children in Broadway Musicals”
Barrie Gelles, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
10:45-12:45 Session 7 Hamilton
Paul Laird, Chair
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“‘Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?’: How Hamilton Makes History”
Michelle Dvoskin, Western Kentucky University
“From Hair to Hamilton: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”
Sarah Browne, University of Wolverhampton
Sarah Whitfield, University of Wolverhampton
“‘The World Was Wide Enough’: Hamilton, Digital Fandom and the Participatory Spectator”
Jessica Hillman, State University of New York at Fredonia
“#Ham4Ham For X”
Daniel Dinero, New York University
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-3:15 Session 8 Rethinking Musicals S95
“Reclaiming a Forgotten Musical: The Case of A Joyful Noise
Scott Warfield, University of Central Florida
“Contested Categories: Contact (2000) as a Work of Musical Theater
Joanna Dee Das, Washington University in St. Louis
“Punk Meets Broadway: American Idiot as a Musical in Two Worlds”
Crystal Buck, Barton Community College
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30- 5:00 Session 9 Early Musicals, part 2
Millie Taylor, Chair
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“Degeneration/Regeneration—The Remaking of Nation in Wartime West End Revue”
David P. Linton, Kingston University
Dreigroschenoper in the Depression: The Forgotten Broadway Premiere of 3-Penny Opera
Garrett Eisler, New York University
“A Voice in the Chorus: Collectivism and Individuality in Me and My Girl
George Burrows, University of Portsmouth
Wednesday, June 29
9:30-10:30 Session 10 A. LGBT, Part 1
George Burrows, Chair
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“The Love That Dare Sing Its Name: Lesbian Desire in/and the Broadway Musical”
Ryan Donovan, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
“‘Changing My Major to Joan’: Queer Representation in the Musical of the 21st Century”
James Lovelock, University of Wolverhampton
B. Unlikely Stars: Imelda Staunton and Noël Coward S185
“An Unlikely Diva—Imelda Staunton as Mrs. Lovett and Mama Rose”
Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, Bath Spa University
“Noël Coward: Broadway Composer and Lyricist”
Laura Milburn, University of Sheffield
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:45 Session 11 A. Archival Studies
John Graziano, Chair
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“Painting the Wagon: Artistic Needs and Commercial Concerns in Orchestrations of the Golden Age of Broadway”
Matthew Malone, University of Sheffield
“From The Silver Triangle to The Music Man: New Sources for the Development of a Broadway Classic”
Dominic McHugh, University of Sheffield
“The Queen’s Taste: Processing the E. R. Simmons Papers”
Helice Koffler, The Shubert Archive, New York
“‘What Does a Critical Edition Present?’: Challenges in Editing Musical Theatre Scores”
Bradley Martin, California State University, Chico
Andrew Adams, West Carolina University
B. Psychological Studies
Olaf Jubin, Chair
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“‘It’s a Shoe’: Musicals’ Depictions of Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Post-Traumatic Growth”
Jessica Sternfeld, Chapman University
“‘You Didn’t Hear It’: Revealing the Traumatic Narrative in the Who’s Tommy
Kathryn Cox, University of Michigan
“‘Mozart Was Crazy’: Natalie’s Intersection with Classical Music in Next to Normal
Dan Fister, University of Cincinnati
“‘Didn’t I See This Movie?’: Between Rock and Madness in Next to Normal
Alosha Grinenko, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 Session 12 A. Audiences
Ben Macpherson, Chair
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“‘A Song that Hits You So Hard’: Emotion, Affect, and Silence in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Vicki Lynette Hoskins, University of Pittsburgh
“Agency, Power and the Inner Child: the ‘Revolting Children’ of Matilda the Musical
Helen Freshwater, University of Newcastle
B. Opera and Broadway Musicals
Elizabeth Wollman, Chair
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“Masquerade: The Impact of 18th and 19th Century Operatic Traditions on The Phantom of the Opera"
Sara E Gulgas, University of Pittsburgh
“A Model of Stylistic Expression in Musical Theater”
Brian D. Hoffman, University of Central Florida
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Session 13 A. Work and Play on Broadway
Garrett Eisler, Chair
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“Coming Home: The Presence of Baseball in Stage and Screen Musicals in Post-World War II America”
Jeff Katz, New York Public Library
“‘You Learn to Live Without’: Women and work in the Broadway Musical”
Mary Jo Lodge, Lafayette College
B. Rodgers and . . ., part 2
Dominic Symonds, Chair
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“At the Heart of the Culture Wars: American Urban Nightlife and Rodgers and Hart’s Pal Joey
Julianne Lindberg, University of Nevada, Reno
"The Many Lives of ‘Edelweiss’”
Susanne Scheiblhofer, Independent Scholar, Austria
4:15-5:15 Session 14 Panel: Dancing and Fighting on Broadway Panel
Mary Jo Lodge, Chair and Moderator


Panelists:
  • Julie Cadenhead
  • Penny Worth
  • Harvey Evans
  • Ron Piretti
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6:30 Banquet at Nocello, W. 55th St.
Thursday, June 30
9:30-11:00 Session 15 African American Musical Theater
John Graziano, Chair
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Seven-Eleven at The Globe: Negotiating African American Identity in 1920s Cleveland”
Peter Graff, Case Western Reserve University
After Midnight and the Problem of Representing the Cotton Club”
Nate Sloan, Stanford University
“Snake Hips Dance: Mapping Harlem Through the Cotton Club Parades”
Malcolm Womack, University of Washington
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Session 16 A. Plays, Power, and the Past
Stacy Wolf, Chair
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“Plays, Musical and Non-Musical”
Derek Miller, Harvard University
“In Harm’s Way: The Contest Between Stage Producers and Music Publishers for the Control of Broadway Musicals, 1915-1930”
Michael Garber, State University of New York, Purchase
“‘. . . that you might find in a musical’: Reclaiming Intertextual Traditions in Urinetown
Adam Rush, University of Lincoln
B. Culture, Politics, and Religion
Ryan Bunch, Chair
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“All That Jazz: The Troubled Journey of Chicago from Stage to Screen”
Robert Gordon, University of London
“Vaudeville Melodies: Creative Fragmentation as Cultural Practice”
Nicholas Gebhardt, Birmingham City University
“The Missionary Musical: Performing Faith and the Colonial Project”
Kathryn Edney, Regis College
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 Session 17 LGBT, part 2
Scott Warfield, Chair
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“A Beauty But a Funny Girl: A Queer Investigation of the Broadwayfication of Disney”
Christen Mandracchia, Independent Scholar
“Fierce Drag and Culture Clashes: Priscilla’s Troubled Ride on Broadway”
Wes Pearce, University of Regina
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 Closing Remarks
Paul Laird, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Announcements
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