Colloque international « StageStruck! IV: Musical Theater Conference: Women and the American Musical », Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 14-16 mai 2025.

« The centrality of women to the American musical on stage and screen has long been acknowledged by scholarship. This special edition of StageStruck! at the Library of Congress will focus on the latest research related to women in and around the American musical in all formats and media, and will showcase the Library’s rich collections related to the subject.

The Library of Congress is home to one of the world’s preeminent performing arts collections. With over 28 million items in its custody, the Music Division preserves and provides access to general music collections comprising musical scores, instructional books, and music literature, as well as special collections (in music, theater, and dance) that include the personal papers of notable creative artists, the business papers of publishers and artistic foundations, and more. Special collections related to women and musicals include Pearl Bailey, Peggy Clark, Barbara Cook, Katherine Dunham, Sylvia Fine, Dolores Gray, Harriet Hoctor, Yuriko and Susan Kikuchi, Florence Klotz, Ethel Merman, Mary Rodgers, Jeanine Tesori, Gwen Verdon, and many more. »

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