Cantar la historia : Cómo los musicales nos explican la historia de los últimos 100 años

Singing History is a highly unconventional cultural history: one that is sung, danced, and analyzed with as much passion as biting irony. Through nine musicals that have marked recent history, Javi Alonso, a brilliant popularizer and lover of musical theater, invites us on a journey in which he shows us how these works reflect themes such as masculinities, racism, queerness, and historical memory. From the misdirected violence of West Side Story to the digital catastrophe of the film Cats, and including the morality of the protagonists of Wicked, the author blends cultural analysis, personal anecdotes, and sharp humor to dismantle the idea that musicals are merely escapism and fantasy. The result is a pop essay that champions musical theater as one of the great storytellers of our time. Because yes, sometimes history is sung, up to eight times a week in every theater.