{"product_id":"broadway-in-black-and-white","title":"Broadway in Black and White","description":"\u003cp\u003eShaped by Black musical traditions, European theatrical forms, and immigrant cultures, the Broadway musical emerged in the twentieth century as a visceral embodiment of the American melting pot. In \u003cem\u003eBroadway in Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e, conductor and historian John Mauceri--together with linguist and cultural commentator John H. McWhorter--presents a dazzling history of collaboration between Black and white artists in the American musical theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from ragtime and operetta through \u003cem\u003eShow Boat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShuffle Along\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Lion King\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRagtime\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHamilton\u003c\/em\u003e, Mauceri reveals how Broadway's social and political influence extends far beyond artistic achievements and commercial successes. Incisive, deeply personal interludes by McWhorter offer a parallel perspective on the American musical as a testament to cultural exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMauceri and McWhorter illustrate that the Broadway musical both reflected \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e accelerated the nation's continued strides toward racial equality. Politically active works confronted prejudice and invited audiences to imagine a more just society. Equally potent was the visible fact of Black and white artists writing, creating, and performing together, when segregation still shaped much of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, Mauceri and McWhorter celebrate the American musical as an art form belonging to all of us. Though this history contains prejudice, exclusion, compromise, and contradiction, it is also a history of extraordinary progress. \u003cem\u003eBroadway in Black and White\u003c\/em\u003e lovingly presents Broadway as a metaphor for America in all its complexity--fragmented and imperfect, yet eminently capable of becoming greater than the sum of its parts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68005723504860,"sku":"9781324110927","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/4845\/9740\/files\/imageloader_7a1a3116-cee3-4737-8317-cc5f0bd575d8.jpg?v=1793561731","url":"https:\/\/tworiversweirdsisters.com\/products\/broadway-in-black-and-white","provider":"Two Rivers \u0026 Weird Sisters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}