Political Acts: Hidden Messages in American Musicals Class at WIH

Dominique returns to the Women’s Institute of Houston to for Political Acts: Hidden Messages in American Musicals.

The American Musical is created for mass entertainment, but sometimes the creative team has another ax to grind. In this class, we will delve into the hidden messages packaged in the most entertaining way possible - the musical. We will investigate what each musical is trying to sell us without our knowledge, what that means for the time period it was produced, and what revivals mean now. We will trace the radical, mainstream, and conservative views espoused by your favorite musicals.