{"product_id":"rise-up-broadway-and-american-society-from-angels-in-america-to-hamilton-paperback","title":"Rise Up!: Broadway and American Society from 'Angels in America' to 'Hamilton' - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenned by one of America's best-known daily theatre critics and organized chronologically, this lively and readable book tells the story of Broadway's renaissance from the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, via the disaster that was \u003ci\u003eSpiderman: Turn off the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e through the unparalleled financial, artistic and political success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the story of the embrace of risk and substance. In so doing, Chris Jones makes the point that the theatre thrived by finally figuring out how to embrace the bold statement and insert itself into the national conversation - only to find out in 2016 that a hefty sector of the American public had not been listening to what it had to say. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chris Jones was in the theatres when and where it mattered. He takes readers from the moment when Tony Kushner's angel crashed (quite literally) through the ceiling of prejudice and religious intolerance to the triumph of \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, with the coda of the Broadway cast addressing a new Republican vice-president from the stage. That complex performance - at once indicative of the theatre's new clout and its inability to fully change American society for the better - is the final scene of the book.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Jones is the longtime chief theater critic and Sunday culture columnist of the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he has been on staff since 2002. Throughout the 1990s, he covered Broadway and its tours for \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Chicago Theater\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and his work has appeared often in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Jones read Drama at the University of Hull, UK, and has a PhD from The Ohio State University. In 2011, Jones was named by \u003ci\u003eAmerican Theater\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the most influential theater critics in America. In 2014, he became the director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Critics Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. Jones is a winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, the most prestigious honour for drama critics in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772327428384,"sku":"9781350071933","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b231ae584175dd6b2aa732f5b3b3fa8.webp?v=1780403231","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rise-up-broadway-and-american-society-from-angels-in-america-to-hamilton-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}