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

这个博士项目将专注于一个被忽视的类型，传记音乐剧，以及在这些音乐剧的构建和表演中很少考虑到的女性代理问题。在此过程中，它将在很大程度上建立在史黛西·沃尔夫在《玛丽亚问题：美国音乐剧中的性别与性》（2002年）和《为善而改变：百老汇音乐剧的女权主义历史》（2011年）中对女性音乐剧角色的开创性工作，以及格蕾丝·巴恩斯对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中（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).