Detour or Bridge? Contrasting Sections and Storytelling in Musical Theater
Brian Edward Jarvis (University of Texas at El Paso) and John Peterson (James Madison University)
A standard feature of many numbers in musical theater is a highly contrasting section known as a “detour.” Detours function in dialog with the standard bridge section in various fascinating ways, as may be seen in selections from the musicals Wicked, Everyday Rapture, and Legally Blonde.
Keywords: Musical theatre, Broadway musicals, musical form, music analysis, Stephen Schwartz, Sherie Rene Scott, Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin
DOI: http://doi.org/10.30535/smtv.6.2