The Megamusical (Profiles in Popular Music) Review

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The Megamusical (Profiles in Popular Music) ReviewAlthough I've listened to the scores of "Phantom of the Opera," "Cats" and "Les Miserables," I never felt passionately about them. In fact, "Cats" always annoyed me (I'm a dog person myself, and where's the plot?). Author Jessica Sternfeld, however, seems to convey an affection for these large, motif-laden scores in her book "Megamusicals." The book combines Sternfeld's detailed, scholarly examinations of these scores, particularly repeated phrases, pastiches and the use of historical themes, with backgrounds on the conception and production of these shows as well as other megamusicals, including "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Miss Saigon" and "Chess."
Her clear, dynamic prose keeps readers moving through the book, although a few of the denser passages on musical theory are a bit of a slog for non-musicians. (There were a few "oh, yeah" momemnts, however, particularly in her exploration of "Phantom"). I did enjoy reading the narratives on the shows' history, significance and critical reception. Sternfeld is not uniformly approving of what Lloyd Webber and Schonberg did in these musicals, but she does bring out enough depth to make me want to hear them again. I think she does a fine job at defining a subgenre of musical theater, particularly since the genre itself seems to have sunk with "The Pirate Queen." Megamusicals created fantastic worlds through state-of-the-art tech, broad themes and sung-through scores, as Sternfeld and her predecessors, cited at length in the narrative, teach us. You can appreciate the artistry of some of these shows without giving up your allegiance to Sondheim.The Megamusical (Profiles in Popular Music) Overview

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