Thursday 12th May
10.00 Musical and Creative Sources (Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 2)
Chair: Dominic Symonds
Hannah Robbins - ‘Dear Doctor’: Sources for the collaboration between Cole Porter and Albert Sirmay
Paul R. Laird - The Sid Ramin Collection at Columbia University Archive and the Study of Broadway Orchestrations
John Graziano - Conferring With Oneself: Frank Loesser as Adaptor, Composer, and Lyricist of The Most Happy Fella
Discussion: Why is the creative process in musical theatre research important when the end product is all that the
audience receives?
11.15 Coffee (Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 3)
11.30 Sourcing the Practitioners (Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 3)
Chair: Millie Taylor
Sean Mayes - Musical Director as Production Dramaturg
Robert Gordon - ‘Why Can’t the English?’: the significance of audio-visual sources for musical theatre research
Julianne Lindberg - Alliances, Aggravations, and Sources in Musical Theater Research
Discussion: How can we best examine the contributions of all the collaborators of a show when musical theatre reception tends to focus on the composer, lyricist and stars?
12.45 Lunch (Venue: The Diamond, Workroom 2)
13.30 Case Studies 4 (Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatre 7)
Chair: Geoffrey Block
Ashley Pribyl - Gypsy, June, and the Lawyers: Collaboration as Negotiation
Megan Woller - Why Did They Change That?: Analyzing Film Musical Adaptations
14.20 Conclusions and Future Directions
Discussion led by Dominic McHugh, Stephen Banfield, Geoffrey Block
14.45 End of session