Queens, Teams and the Chance to be Seen: 'Herstory', Feminism and Biographical Musical Theatre (2009-present)

这个博士项目将集中在一个被忽视的流派，传记音乐剧，很少考虑有关这些音乐剧的建设和性能的女性机构的问题。在这样做的过程中，它将大大建立在斯泰西沃尔夫的开创性工作的妇女音乐人物在一个问题，如玛丽亚：性别和性在美国音乐（2002年）和改变为好：百老汇音乐剧的女权主义历史（2011年），和格雷斯巴恩斯的女性代表性和性别不平等的探索，主要是在商业英语音乐剧（2015年，2020年）。

This PhD project will focus on a neglected genre, the biographical musical, and rarely considered questions about female agency within the construction and performance of these musicals. In so doing, it will significantly build on Stacy Wolf's groundbreaking work on women musical characters in A Problem like Maria: Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical (2002) and Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical (2011), and Grace Barnes' explorations of female representation and gender inequality, predominantly in commercial English-language musicals (2015, 2020).