WARREN HOFFMAN, PhD, is the author of The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture. He has worked professionally in the theater for more than ten years as a program director, producer, theater critic, and playwright.
"The Great White Way is an eye-opener for anyone studying the
racial implications of commercial musical theater. Idiosyncratic
and surprising, Warren Hoffman strips Broadway of its colorful
glitz and reveals its naked whiteness."--Michael Kantor "Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker, Broadway: The American Musical" (9/24/2013
12:00:00 AM)
"All culture aficionados should read this book--indeed, a condensed
version of it should be inserted into every musical's
playbill."
-- "Library Journal" (3/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
"An important and necessary intervention in the study of Broadway
musicals, Hoffman's book reveals the cultural power the form has to
shape oft-unacknowledged American attitudes towards race and
identity."
--Andrea Most "author of Making Americans: Jews and the Broadway
Musical" (9/11/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"Hoffman's book describes how Broadway musicals reflect American
social life. He gives prominent attention to A Chorus Line as
depicting the 1970s as 'a decade of multiculturalism, ethnic and
racial pride, and gay rights.' This useful colume is sure to
stimulate discussion. Recommended."
-- "Choice" (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
"Hoffman's encyclopedic knowledge, his love for the subject, and
some astute analyses make The Great White Way well worth
reading."-- "Theatre Journal" (3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)
"One strength of The Great White Way is Hoffman's ability to make
even the most familiar of musicals seem unfamiliar to readers by
providing new meanings and resonances for dialogue and lyrics and
revealing other visions of what these classic shows might have
been. The enterprising musical theatre fan will enjoy this book and
its refreshing perspective."
-- "Theatre Topics" (6/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
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