Abstract
Musical theatre creators have invested in and profited from the interlocking concepts of memory (recollection of the past) and nostalgia (yearning for the past) for much of the form’s history. Manifesting as nostalgic characters or direct appeals to nostalgic spectators, the uses of nostalgia have helped advance and sustain musical theatre. They have also yielded debatable results, such as the simplification of cultural history, the advancement of nationalist rhetoric, and the possible dilution of musical theatre’s artistic value. Through an investigation of A Little Night Music, Soldaat van Oranje, and Fun Home, as well as other nostalgia-driven projects (jukebox musicals, movicals, and revivals), this chapter explicates and assesses the uses of memory and nostalgia in musical theatre.
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