Ben Macpherson

EmailBen.MacPhersonport.acuk

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am willing and interested in supervising doctoral students in musical theatre, voice studies or interdisciplinary theatre practice. In particular, I would welcome students interested in the following broad areas:

- British musical theatre
- Interdisciplinary voice studies
- Musical theatre history and historiography

12 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
4 Article
2 Book
2 Paper
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24 results

2023
Singing Utopia: Voice in Musical Theatre
Macpherson, B., 18 Jan 2025, 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 288 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Monograph › peer-review
The sweet smell of success: 'Florodora' as Victorian megamusical
Macpherson, B., 30 Nov 2023, Blockbusters of the Victorian Theater, 1850-1910. Fryer, P. (ed.). 1st ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, p. 88-99 12 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
'The voice I like to live in': an interview with impressionist Christina Bianco
Macpherson, B., 10 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 8, 1, p. 79-97
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Vicarious voices, simulated songs: an editorial
Macpherson, B., 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 8, 1, p. 3-7 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
‘We’re gonna sing it again and again…’ - The utopian potential of two open endings in musical theatre
Macpherson, B., 7 Nov 2023.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
2021
The somaesthetic in-between: six statements on vocality, listening and embodiment
Macpherson, B., 21 Oct 2021, Somatic Voices in Performance Research and Beyond. Kapadocha, C. (ed.). 1st ed. London and New York: Routledge, p. 212-226 15 p. (Routledge Voice Studies).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
2020
Baudrillard on Broadway: bio-musicals, the hyperreal and the cultural politics of 'simuloquism'
Macpherson, B., 1 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 5, 1, p. 43-57 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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2019

Sing: Musical theater voices from superstar to hamilton
Macpherson, B., 5 Sept 2019, The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical. Sternfeld, J. & Wollman, E. L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 69-77 9 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
Sing: musical theatre voices from Superstar to Hamilton
Macpherson, B., 5 Sept 2019, The Routledge Companion to the American Stage Musical: 1970 and Beyond. Sternfeld, J. & Wollman, E. L. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, (Routledge Music Companions).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
2018
Cultural identity in British musical theatre, 1890-1939: knowing one's place
Macpherson, B., 2018, 2018 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 245 p. (Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2017
Joan Littlewood: collaboration and vision
Macpherson, B. J., 19 Jan 2017, Oxford Handbook of the British Musical. Gordon, R. & Jubin, O. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
Some yesterdays always remain: Black-British and Anglo-Asian musical theatre
Macpherson, B. J., 19 Jan 2017, Oxford Handbook of the British Musical. Gordon, R. & Jubin, O. (eds.). New York
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
2016
(Re)authoring the 27 club: bewildered voices, acousmatic audiophilia, and the dangers of listening-in
Macpherson, B. J., 1 May 2016, In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 1, 2, p. 131-142 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
346 Downloads (Pure)
Can it be you that I hear?
Macpherson, B. J. & Thomaidis, K., Jan 2016, In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. 1, 1, p. 3-8
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Open Access
Heritage, home and heredity: performing English cultural identity in 'The Last Ship'
Macpherson, B., 1 Jun 2016, In: Studies in Musical Theatre. 10, 2, p. 227-241 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2015

'A, the suggestive; B, the direct; C, the altern: towards a tripartite model for analysing actor-musicianship'
Macpherson, B. J., 2015, Music on stage. Schopf, F. J. (ed.). Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 216-229
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
A sting in the tale: when the star becomes the writer becomes the star
Macpherson, B. J., 24 Jun 2015.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
'Body musicality': the visual, virtual, visceral voice
Macpherson, B. J., 2015, Voice Studies: Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience. K. T. & Macpherson, B. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 149-161 (Routledge Voice Studies).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
Introduction: voice(s) as a method and an in-between
Thomaidis, K. & Macpherson, B. J., 29 May 2015, Voice studies: critical approaches to process, performance and experience. Thomaidis, K. & Macpherson, B. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 3-9
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Voice studies: critical approaches to process, performance and experience
Thomaidis, K. (ed.) & Macpherson, B. J. (ed.), 2015, Oxford: Routledge. 226 p. (Routledge Voice Studies)
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access
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What is Voice Studies?
Macpherson, B. J., Burrows, G. E. T., Van Lancker Sidtis, D., Bonenfant, Y., Darnley, L., Smallbone, A., Sun Eidsheim, N., Adedeji, F., Fret, J. & Thomaidis, K., 29 May 2015, Voice Studies: Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience. Thomaidis, K. & Macpherson, B. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
‘A, the suggestive; B, the direct; C, the altern: Towards a tri-partite model of analysing actor-musicianship’
Macpherson, B. J., 1 Jun 2015, Music on Stage. Schopf, F. J. (ed.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 216-229 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
2014
All that's left
Macpherson, B. J., 28 May 2014
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

Open Access
Dynamic shape: the dramaturgy of song and dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats
Macpherson, B., 2014, Gestures of music theater: The performativity of song and dance. Symonds, D. & Taylor, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 54-70
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access

Ben Macpherson

Singing Utopia: Voice in Musical Theatre

The sweet smell of success: 'Florodora' as Victorian megamusical

'The voice I like to live in': an interview with impressionist Christina Bianco

Vicarious voices, simulated songs: an editorial

‘We’re gonna sing it again and again…’ - The utopian potential of two open endings in musical theatre

The somaesthetic in-between: six statements on vocality, listening and embodiment

Baudrillard on Broadway: bio-musicals, the hyperreal and the cultural politics of 'simuloquism'

Sing: Musical theater voices from superstar to hamilton

Sing: musical theatre voices from Superstar to Hamilton

Cultural identity in British musical theatre, 1890-1939: knowing one's place

Joan Littlewood: collaboration and vision

Some yesterdays always remain: Black-British and Anglo-Asian musical theatre

(Re)authoring the 27 club: bewildered voices, acousmatic audiophilia, and the dangers of listening-in

Can it be you that I hear?

Heritage, home and heredity: performing English cultural identity in 'The Last Ship'

'A, the suggestive; B, the direct; C, the altern: towards a tripartite model for analysing actor-musicianship'

A sting in the tale: when the star becomes the writer becomes the star

'Body musicality': the visual, virtual, visceral voice

Introduction: voice(s) as a method and an in-between

Voice studies: critical approaches to process, performance and experience

What is Voice Studies?

‘A, the suggestive; B, the direct; C, the altern: Towards a tri-partite model of analysing actor-musicianship’

All that's left

Dynamic shape: the dramaturgy of song and dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats

Ben Macpherson

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