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A-List Drag Queens, Accidental Drag Kings and Illegible Gender Rebels: (Mis)Representations of Trans Experience in Contemporary Musicals
Intellect , 72 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789386196_5
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References

  1. Anon.. ( 2016), ‘Erin Markey – A Ride on the Irish Cream’, New York Performance Artists Collective, http://www.nypac.org/2016/markey/. Accessed 18 December 2020.
  2. Anon.. ( 2020), ‘Murders of transgender people in 2020 surpasses total for last year in just seven months’, National Center for Transgender Equality, https://transequality.org/blog/murders-of-transgender-people-in-2020-surpasses-total-for-last-year-in-just-seven-months. Accessed 6 December 2020.
  3. Brantley, Ben. ( 2018), ‘Review: Ye Olde Go-Go's Songs Hit the Renaissance in Head Over Heels’, New York Times, 26 July, p. C1, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/theater/head-over-heels-broadway-review-go-gos.html. Accessed 24 November 2020.
  4. Butler, Judith. ( 2004), Undoing Gender, New York:: Routledge;.
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  5. Butler, Judith. ([ 1990] 2006), Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New York:: Routledge;.
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  6. Carley, Brennan. ( 2018), ‘Peppermint Is Turning Broadway on Its Head’, GQ, 6 September, https://www.gq.com/story/peppermint-is-turning-broadway-on-its-head. Accessed 24 November 2020.
  7. Caruso, Thomas. (dir.) ( 2016), Southern Comfort, The Public Theater, Anspacher Theater, New York, 23 February–27 March.92
  8. Clement, Olivia. ( 2015), ‘Public theater seeking transgender actors for newly announced Southern Comfort musical’, Playbill, 5 November, https://www.playbill.com/article/public-theater-seeking-transgender-actors-for-newly-announced-southern-comfort-musical-com-370323. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  9. Dolan, Jill. ([ 1988] 2012), The Feminist Spectator as Critic, , 2nd ed.., Ann Arbor:: The University of Michigan Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  10. Donovan, Ryan. ( 2019;), ‘ “Must Be Heavyset”: Casting women, fat stigma, and Broadway bodies. ’, The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, 31:3, pp. 1–17, https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gcpubs/539/. Accessed 1 October 2020.
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  11. Edelhart, Frankie (Taylor). ( 2015), ‘An open letter to the public theater’, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9uJrZkGQLIerRm83UF-z8QoUXZefExFQgD3AT89Acc/edit. Accessed 10 January 2021.
  12. Edelhart, Frankie (Taylor). ( 2016), ‘WHO COMES FIRST: A speech given at the public theater's town hall meeting on gender identity, representation, and theatre’, Medium, 15 March, https://medium.com/@TheConduit/who-comes-first-a-speech-given-at-the-public-theater-s-town-hall-meeting-on-gender-identity-d654c2fbaa7a. Accessed 10 January 2021.
  13. Evans, Greg. ( 2018) ‘Head Over Heels Review: The Go-Go's Musical That Isn't’, Deadline, 26 July, https://deadline.com/2018/07/head-over-heels-broadway-review-go-gos-musical-belinda-carlisle-our-lips-are-sealed-1202433387/. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  14. Fein, Jordan (dir.). ( 2016) A Ride on the Irish Cream, E. Markey, Performed by Becca Blackwell, Erin Markey, Ian Axness, Chenda Cope, Mike Marcinowski and Emily Bate, Abrons Arts Center, New York, 13 January–6 February.
  15. Freeman, Elizabeth. ( 2010), Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories, Durham:: Duke University Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  16. Halberstam, Jack. ( 2018), Trans*, Oakland:: University of California Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  17. Ikard, David. ( 2017), Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs, Chicago:: The University of Chicago Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  18. Isherwood, Charles. ( 2015), ‘Review: In Head Over Heels, Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance’, New York Times, 17 August, p. C1, https://nyti.ms/1IY4Cga. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  19. Isherwood, Charles. ( 2016), ‘Review: A Ride on the Irish Cream, Erin Markey's Tale of an Odd Affair’, New York Times, 22 January, C3, http://nyti.ms/1OMbfD8. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  20. Kacala, Alexander. ( 2018), ‘Drag Race star Peppermint on Broadway debut: “It's a dream come true”’, NBC News, 13 August, https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/drag-race-star-peppermint-broadway-debut-it-s-dream-come-n900276. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  21. Kaufman, MJ. ( 2013), ‘Don't Call me Ma'am: On the politics of trans casting’, HowlRound, 29 September, https://howlround.com/dont-call-me-maam. Accessed 1 October 2020.93
  22. Kirle, Bruce. ( 2005), Unfinished Show Business: Broadway Musicals as Works-in-Progress, Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press;.
     [Google Scholar]
  23. Mayer, Michael. (dir.) ( 2018–19), Head Over Heels, J. Whitty and J. Magruder, Ambassador Theatre Group, Hudson Theatre, New York, 26 July–6 January.
  24. McCaskill, Nolan D.. ( 2019), ‘What Castro meant when he said trans women need access to abortions’, Politico, 27 June, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/julian-castro-debate-abortion-1385950. Accessed 24 November 2020.
  25. McPhee, Ryan. ( 2018), ‘RuPaul's Drag Race Star Peppermint Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Go Go's Musical Head Over Heels’, Playbill.com, 29 January, https://www.playbill.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-star-peppermint-will-make-her-broadway-debut-in-go-gos-musical-head-over-heels. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  26. Mercer, Kobena. ( 1994), Welcome to the Jungle, New York:: Routledge;.
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  27. NYTimes Communications ( 2018), ‘Here is Ben Brantley's response to the conversation surrounding his review of Head Over Heels https://nyti.ms/2NP9xat. We are updating the review to reflect some of our readers' concerns now’, Twitter, 27 July, https://twitter.com/NYTimesPR/status/1022864714525749248. Accessed 6 December 2020.
  28. Paulson, Michael. ( 2017), ‘Head Over Heels sets sights on Broadway, After San Francisco’, New York Times, 12 December, p. C3, https://nyti.ms/2l91Zqd. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  29. Reszel, Barry. ( 2019), ‘The authenticity of Pride Films & Plays’ Southern Comfort may just make humans better’, Chicagoland Musical Theatre, 7 March, https://www.chicagolandmusicaltheatre.com/the-authenticity-of-pride-films-plays-southern-comfort-may-just-make-humans-better/. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  30. Robbins, Caryn. ( 2018), ‘Debut of the Month: We're Mad About Her! Peppermint Makes Her Broadway Debut in HEAD OVER HEELS’, Broadway World, 24 September, https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Debut-of-the-Month-Were-Mad-About-Her-Peppermint-Makes-Her-Broadway-Debut-in-HEAD-OVER-HEELS-20180924. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  31. Scott, Aaron. ( 2015), ‘Tony-Winning Playwright Mashes-Up The Go-Go's with Arcadia’, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 27 June, https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/state-of-wonder/article/the-oregon-shakespeare-festival-mashes-up-the-go-gos-with-old-arcadia/. Accessed 1 October 2020.
  32. Serano, Julia. ( 2007), Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman On Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Berkeley:: Seal Press;.
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  33. Snorton, C. Riley. ( 2017), Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity, Minneapolis:: The University of Minnesota Press;.
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  34. Solomon, Alisa. ( 2002), ‘ Great sparkles of lust: Homophobia and the antitheatrical tradition. ’, in A. Solomon, and F. Minwalla. (eds), The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theatre, New York:: New York University Press;, pp. 9–20.
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  35. Stryker, Susan. ( 2017), Transgender History, , 2nd ed.., New York:: Seal Press;.94
     [Google Scholar]
  36. Tran, Diep. ( 2016), ‘Trending Now: The Trans* Experience’, American Theatre, 4 February, https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/02/04/trending-now-the-trans-experience/. Accessed 24 November 2020.
  37. Whitty, Jeff,, James, MacGruder. and The Go-Go's ( 2018), Head Over Heels: A New Musical, Perusal Script, Broadway Licensing, https://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/head-over-heels-copy/. Accessed 21 December 2020.

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