Event Title
From Politics to 'Popular': Commercialization of Broadway Musicals and How it Affects the Public Sphere
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Communications - Theatre
Mentor Information
James Bell
Department
School of Communications
Location
Kirkhof Center 2216
Start Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 12:00 AM
Keywords
Arts, Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Culture
Abstract
Wicked became an overnight cultural sensation when it premiered in 2003. The supposed story source was Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a piece brimming with political, social, and religious commentary. The purpose of this piece is to examine the differences between the two Wickeds, and to explain why these differences are affecting the theater's place in the political public sphere, using Jurgen Habermas' and Alan McKee's theories as the basis for my argument.
From Politics to 'Popular': Commercialization of Broadway Musicals and How it Affects the Public Sphere
Kirkhof Center 2216
Wicked became an overnight cultural sensation when it premiered in 2003. The supposed story source was Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, a piece brimming with political, social, and religious commentary. The purpose of this piece is to examine the differences between the two Wickeds, and to explain why these differences are affecting the theater's place in the political public sphere, using Jurgen Habermas' and Alan McKee's theories as the basis for my argument.