LEADER 03044nam 2200577 450 001 9910794509003321 005 20220617091321.0 010 $a0-252-05285-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000012026502 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6726768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6726768 035 $a(OCoLC)1272999057 035 $a(OCoLC)1287099698 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94900 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002622309 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012026502 100 $a20210927h20212021 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLying in the middle $emusical theater and belief at the heart of America /$fJake Johnson$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aUrbana :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (149 pages) 225 1 $aMusic in American life 225 1 $aIllinois scholarship online 300 $aAlso issued in print: 2021. 311 $a0-252-04392-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- A Brief History of This Book -- 1 Stories Out of Place -- 2 Re-Placing the American Musical -- 3 Fundamentalism, Produced -- 4 Biblically Accurate -- 5 Everything Old Is New Again -- 6 Mezza Voce -- 7 The Afterlives of Truth and Musicals -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover. 330 8 $aThe local and regional shows staged throughout America use musical theater's inherent power of deception to cultivate worldviews opposed to mainstream ideas. Jake Johnson reveals how musical theater between the coasts inhabits the middle spaces between professional and amateur, urban and rural, fact and fiction, fantasy and reality, and truth and falsehood. The homegrown musical provides a space to engage belief and religion - imagining a better world while creating opportunities to expand what is possible in the current one. Whether it is the Oklahoma Senior Follies or a Mormon splinter group's production of 'The Sound of Music', such productions give people a chance to jolt themselves out of today's post-truth malaise and move toward a world more in line with their desires for justice, reconciliation, and community. 410 0$aMusic in American life. 410 0$aIllinois scholarship online. 606 $aMusicals$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMusicals$zMiddle West$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMusicals$xSocial aspects$zMiddle West 606 $aMusicals$zOklahoma$zOklahoma City$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aMusicals$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMusicals$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMusicals$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMusicals$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a782.14083 700 $aJohnson$b Jake$f1984-$01492442 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794509003321 996 $aLying in the middle$93714967 997 $aUNINA