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The Musical-Theatrical Global South
  • ISSN: 1750-3159
  • E-ISSN: 1750-3167

Abstract

Indonesia has a wide range of theatres, traditional and modern, that incorporate music. How to identify ‘musical theatre’ in such a rich context is a question of working definitions and genealogy. Commercial theatre histories since the early twentieth century offer rough parallels to the Anglo-American musical. In recent years, direct influence from the United States has brought about anglophone productions of Broadway musicals and new, locally created Indonesian theatre work more overtly inspired by the Broadway musical.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • The Australian Research Council, Discovery Early Career Research (Award DE210100457)
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