Hard times : the adult musical in 1970s New York City / Elizabeth L. Wollman.
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'Hard Times' examines adult musicals as reflective of the socioeconomic mood of New York City in the 1970s, the socio-sexual mores of the country in the decade following the sexual revolution, and contemporary debates about obscenity and art.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Burlesque, Off Off Broadway, and the birth of the adult musical -- The birth of modern gay theater and the subtext of Company -- The post-Stonewall (and post-Company) gay musical -- The adult musical meets second-wave feminism : mod donna -- Not-so-angry feminist musicals -- Obscenity, "porno chic", and let my people come -- Hell freezes over : the hard-core musical on stage and screen -- Applying contemporary community standards : is it obscene, or merely lewd? -- New York's financial crisis and the adult musical on Broadway.