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.

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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.