Sex, drugs, rock & roll, and musicals
By: Scott Miller
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781555537425; 9781555537432; 9781555537616
Subjects: Rock music; Music; Musicals; Psychological aspects; Social aspects; History and criticism
Other titles: Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and musicals
Description: "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals shows how American culture has changed over the twentieth century, from the Roaring Twenties (The Wild Party) to the cultural chaos of the '50s (Grease) and the sexual revolution of the '60s (Hair) and '70s (Rocky Horror), to the rebirth of the art form in the '90s (Bat Boy), and up to the present, exploring where we've been and where we might be heading. This is a celebration of the counter-culture taking center stage in the most American of performing arts, and changing it forever."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overture; title: The wild party; title: Grease; title: Hair; title: Jesus Christ superstar; title: The rocky horror show; title: The best little whorehouse in Texas; title: I love my wife; title: Bat boy; title: Hedwig and the angry inch; title: High fidelity; title: The rock musical : now and forever.