Stacy Wolf

A lot of shows fail on Broadway financially and critically and then do extremely well once they get out into the rest of the country in amateur venues.

A lot of shows fail on Broadway financially and critically and then do extremely well once they get out into the rest of the country in amateur venues.

A lot of shows fail on Broadway financially and critically and then do extremely well once they get out into the rest of the country in amateur venues.

Students like to take my classes because they are musical theater fans or kids and they think, oh, this is going to be fun. And then they realize that musicals are among the most important cultural artifact. So we treat musicals as seriously as we would treat Shakespeare or Shakespeare. Symphony by Beethoven.

Students like to take my classes because they are musical theater fans or kids and they think, oh, this is going to be fun. And then they realize that musicals are among the most important cultural artifact. So we treat musicals as seriously as we would treat Shakespeare or Shakespeare. Symphony by Beethoven.

Students like to take my classes because they are musical theater fans or kids and they think, oh, this is going to be fun. And then they realize that musicals are among the most important cultural artifact. So we treat musicals as seriously as we would treat Shakespeare or Shakespeare. Symphony by Beethoven.

We think about South Pacific in relation to gender relations and race relations and class relations in the 1940s. We look at Phantom of the Opera in conversation with a backlash against women in the late 1980s. Pretty much any musical that you look at, even the ones that seem the silliest and most escapist and most not conversing with U.S.

We think about South Pacific in relation to gender relations and race relations and class relations in the 1940s. We look at Phantom of the Opera in conversation with a backlash against women in the late 1980s. Pretty much any musical that you look at, even the ones that seem the silliest and most escapist and most not conversing with U.S.

We think about South Pacific in relation to gender relations and race relations and class relations in the 1940s. We look at Phantom of the Opera in conversation with a backlash against women in the late 1980s. Pretty much any musical that you look at, even the ones that seem the silliest and most escapist and most not conversing with U.S.

culture and society really are in conversation with the society, especially if they were hits. They have to be.

culture and society really are in conversation with the society, especially if they were hits. They have to be.

culture and society really are in conversation with the society, especially if they were hits. They have to be.

Tiny in terms of number and outsized in terms of symbolism, right? Just symbolism and not, let's say, profits, since we're talking about an industry? Not in terms of profits. A lot of great things happen on Broadway. Broadway is the place where it begins. It's symbolically important. It creates the canon. It creates the version by which all other versions are compared.

Tiny in terms of number and outsized in terms of symbolism, right? Just symbolism and not, let's say, profits, since we're talking about an industry? Not in terms of profits. A lot of great things happen on Broadway. Broadway is the place where it begins. It's symbolically important. It creates the canon. It creates the version by which all other versions are compared.

Tiny in terms of number and outsized in terms of symbolism, right? Just symbolism and not, let's say, profits, since we're talking about an industry? Not in terms of profits. A lot of great things happen on Broadway. Broadway is the place where it begins. It's symbolically important. It creates the canon. It creates the version by which all other versions are compared.

But the real lifeblood of the form, why musical theater is thriving and continues to thrive in spite of all the odds against it, in that it's face-to-face, it's slow, it's hands-on, it requires incredible collaboration, only a few people can see it at a time. All of those things that happen in high schools, community theaters, summer camps, that is really the lifeblood of the form.

But the real lifeblood of the form, why musical theater is thriving and continues to thrive in spite of all the odds against it, in that it's face-to-face, it's slow, it's hands-on, it requires incredible collaboration, only a few people can see it at a time. All of those things that happen in high schools, community theaters, summer camps, that is really the lifeblood of the form.

But the real lifeblood of the form, why musical theater is thriving and continues to thrive in spite of all the odds against it, in that it's face-to-face, it's slow, it's hands-on, it requires incredible collaboration, only a few people can see it at a time. All of those things that happen in high schools, community theaters, summer camps, that is really the lifeblood of the form.

For example, in 2017, 2018, the Educational Theater Association, which does a survey every year, found more than 37,000 high school productions took place that year with more than 46 million people in the audience.

For example, in 2017, 2018, the Educational Theater Association, which does a survey every year, found more than 37,000 high school productions took place that year with more than 46 million people in the audience.