Elizabeth Wollman

Education

Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, Graduate Center

M.A., Ethnomusicology, Graduate Center

B.A., English, Columbia Univ.

Books

Wollman, E., & Sternfeld, J. (2019). The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical. (p. 486). New York, USA, Routledge.

Wollman, E. (2017). A Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical. (p. 292). London, England, Bloomsbury Methuen.

Wollman, E., & Hirschy, N. (2012). Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City. (p. 357). New York, New York, USA, Oxford University Press.

Wollman, E. (2006). The Theater Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig. (p. 258 pp.). University of Michigan Press.

Journal Articles

Wollman, E. (2021). Musical Theater Studies: A Critical View of the Discipline's History in the United States and United Kingdom . Music Research Annual, 2. 29.

Wollman, E. (2020). How to Dismantle a [Theatric] Bomb: Broadway Flops, Broadway Money, and Musical Theater Historiography. Arts, 9(2).

Wollman, E. (2016). The 'Authentic Voice of Today': Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. History Now: The Journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, (44).

Wollman, E., & Sternfeld, J. (2011). Musical Theatre and the Almighty Dollar: What a Tangled Web They Weave. Introduction to "A Mark, a Yen, a Buck, or a Pound: Money and the Stage Musical at the Millennium." . Studies in Musical Theatre, 5(1). 3-12.

Wollman, E. (2008). Emancipation or Exploitation? Gender Liberation and the Adult Musical in 1970s New York. Studies in Musical Theatre, 2(1). 5-32.

Wollman, E. (2002). The Economic Development of the 'New' Times Square and Its Impact on the Broadway Musical. American Music, 20(4). 445-65.

Wollman, E. (1998). Men, Music, and Marketing at Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM, New York). Popular Music and Society, 22(4). 1-23.

Book Chapters

Wollman, E. (2024). Before The Beast: Entertainment Conglomerates on Broadway in the 1980s. In McHugh, D., & Montgomery, C. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Disney Musical New York, NY. Oxford University Press.

Wollman, E. (2018). "From The Black Crook to Hamilton: A Brief History of Hot Tickets on Broadway". In Romano, R., & Potter, C. (Eds.), Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America's Past Rutgers, NJ,USA. Rutgers University Press.

Wollman, E. (2018). "Faust Rocks the Stage (Not)". In Fitzsimmons, L., & McKnight, C. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music New York, New York,USA. Oxford University Press.

Wollman, E. (2017). "Joseph Papp and the Public Theater". In MacDonald, L., & Everett, W. A. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers (pp. 261-66). New York, New York,USA.

Wollman, E. (2015). Rock Musicals. What's That Sound? An Introduction to Rock and Its History (p. 2). WW Norton.

Wollman, E., & Sternfeld, J. (2011). After the "Golden Age". In Knapp, R., Morris, M., & Wolf, S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical (pp. 111-24). New York, NY,USA. Oxford University Press.

Wollman, E. (2005). "Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir" and "Jimmy Stewart". In McNeil, W. K. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music New York. Routledge.

Wollman, E. (2004). Much Too Loud and Not Loud Enough: Issues Regarding the Reception of Staged Rock Musicals.. In Washburne, C., & Derno, (Eds.), Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate (p. 27 pages). New York, NY. Routledge.

Conference Proceedings

Wollman, E. (2023). Beyond The Beast: Battling for 1990s Broadway in the Shadow of Disney. In Progress.

Media Contributions

Wollman, E. (2024). "The Jewish Imprint on American Musical Theater", (71).

(2017). "Love For Sale: The History of Sex in Musicals": City Center Encores! Unscripted at the Greene Space.

(2012). The Music and History of Our TImes: The 1970s and the Women's Movement".

(2012). Show Showdown.

(2012). Soundcheck, 93.9 WNYC.

(2011). Baruch College Writing Center.

(2010). Issaquah Press.

(2010). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2010). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2010). Billboard.

(2010). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2010). Los Angeles Times.

(2010). Show Showdown.

(2009). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2007). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2007). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2007). WNYC, 93.9FM.

(2004). World History Sources.

Presentations

Wollman, E. (2019, June 26). How to Dismantle a Theatric Bomb: Musical Flops, the Broadway Machine, and Contemporary American Culture. Song, Stage and Screen. University of Leeds, UK: Song, Stage and Screen.

Wollman, E. L. (2019, March 22). Broadway Flops, Historiography, and the Limits of the Musical Form: The Case of The Lieutenant. Society for American Music. New Orleans: SAM.

Wollman, E. (2018, June 2). Historiography and the Importance of Flops: The Case of The Lieutenant. Song, Stage and Screen. UCLA, Los Angeles, California: Studies in Musical Theatre.

Wollman, E. (2018, March 26). Historians on Hamilton, roundtable discussion. Release of "Historians on Hamilton". New York: New School.

Wollman, E. (2017, July 19). Women at War in the Popular Imagination: Hamilton and Women in the Fight. American Women at War. New-York Historical Society: National Endowment for the Humamities Summer Institute for School Teachers.

Wollman, E. (2017, January 1). talkback, Blueprint Specials Soldier Musicals. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum: Under the Radar Festival.

Wollman, E., Grinenko, A., & Sneed, G. (2016, October 19). Cleaning Up New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. The Graduate Center, CUNY: The Center for Humanities.

Wollman, E. (2016, October 11). Broadway and the Generation Gap. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Wollman, E. (2016, May 13). Hamilton: An American Musical. CUNY Early American Republic Seminar Conference. Graduate Center, CUNY, History Department: CUNY EARS.

Wollman, E. (2012, August 3). Bruce Kirle Memorial Emerging Scholarship Panel. Annual Meeting of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Washington DC: Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

Tenneriello, S., & Wollman, E. (2012, March 31). 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' and the Ambivalence of Spectacle. EMP Pop Conference. New York City: EMP and International Association for the Study of Popular Music.

Tenneriello, S., & Wollman, E. (2012, March 31). 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' and the Ambivalence of Spectacle. EMP Pop Conference. New York City: EMP and International Association for the Study of Popular Music.

Wollman, E. (2011, April 15). "Studying Musical Theater in the 21st Century: A Panel Exploring Intellectual Vistas and Interdisciplinary Methodologies". Harvard-Princeton Musical Theatre Forum. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard and Princeton Universities.

Wollman, E. (2010, October 2). "The Role of the Critic in Mid-20th Century Musical Theatre: Genre Formation, Identity Politics, and Structures of Reception". American Music Research Center's Porter Symposium. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado, Boulder.

Wollman, E. (2010, February 9). "Emotion, Authenticity, and the Critical Reception of Bright Lights Big City". Interdisciplinary Theatre Production Workshop Dialogues. Marymount Manhattan College: Marymount Manhattan College.

Wollman, E. (2009, December 4). "'Maybe One Day It Won't Be Such a Hard Thing to Say': Post-Stonewall Gay Musicals in New York City, 1970-75". Song, Stage, and Screen IV. College Park, Maryland: Studies in Musical Theatre.

Wollman, E. (2009, August 10). Feminist Musicals and Press Reception from 1970 to the Present: A Crash Course". Annual Meeting of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. New York City: ATHE.

Wollman, E. (2009, October 28). "Post-Stonewall Gay Musicals". Theater Department Lecture Series. CUNY Graduate Center: CUNY Graduate Center, Theater Department.

Wollman, E. (2008, April 5). Gay and Women's Liberation as Seen Through the Lens of 'Adult' Musicals in New York City During the 1970s. Conference on American Musical Theater. New York: The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Wollman, E. (2007, October 13). 'All Them Other Highfalutin' Greeks': Middlebrow and Cultural Prestige" Panel organizer, facilitator, and discussant. The American Musical on Stage and Screen: An Interdisciplinary Extravaganza. Los Angeles, California: University of California.

Wollman, E. (2007, September 21). The Aging of 'Aquarius.'. Invited guest on Soundcheck. New York, N.Y.: WNYC, 93.9FM.

Wollman, E. (2007, July 18). Another Side of West Side Story. Invited guest on Soundcheck. New York, N.Y.: WNYC, 93.9FM.

Wollman, E. (2007, May 23). Rocking the House: Rock Musicals. Invited guest on Soundcheck. New York, N.Y.: WNYC, 93.9FM.

Wollman, E. (2007, April 27). When Emancipation Becomes Exploitation and Vice-Versa: Women's Liberation According to the 1970s Adult Musical. Annual Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music-USA. Boston, Massachusetts

Wollman, E. (2005, November 19). Hard Times: Adult Musicals in 1970s New York. Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Atlanta, Georgia

Wollman, E. (2002, March 11). The Applicability of Field Notes to Music Journalism. Professor Sandra Mardenfeld's Media Criticism Course. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Mercy College.

Wollman, E. (2001, October 25). Much Too Loud and Not Lout Enough: Issues Involving the Reception of Staged Rock Musicals. Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Southfield, Mich.

Wollman, E. (2000, November 4). The Economic Development of the 'New' Times Square and Its Impact on the Broadway Musical. Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Toronto

Wollman, E. (1996, November 1). It's a Part of My Rock and Roll Fantasy': Men, Music, and Marketing at Q104.3 (WAXQ-FM, NY)). Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology. Toronto

Wollman, E. (1995, November 11). A Brief History of Women's Involvement in Heavy Metal Music. Resounding: Women in World Music Symposium. : Hunter College.

Wollman, E. (1995, March 25). Songs for People Who Are ... DEAD! Music at Marie's Crisis. Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicolgy. New York, N.Y.

Other Scholarly Works

Reviews

Wollman, E. (2025,June 17). Performance Review: Stereophonic. Theatre Journal .

Wollman, E. (2006,October 1). Ethnomusicology.

Wollman, E. (2006,January 1). Right to Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race. Durham and London: Ethnomusicology / Duke University Press.

Research Currently in Progess

Wollman, E.(n.d.). The F Word: In Praise of Broadway Musical Flops . In Progress.

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