Description: A critical study of the role of the Narrator in musical theatre spanning shows from the Golden Age through to the Megamusical and contemporary shows such as Hadestown and Hamilton
Brief description: Kelly I. Aliano, PhD is the author of two published books, Theatre of the Ridiculous: A Critical History and The Performance of Video Games, both with McFarland, Inc. She is the co-editor of the forthcoming Video Games and Environmental Humanities and co-author of the forthcoming Immersive Storytelling, with Palgrave and Routledge, respectively. She holds a PhD in Theatre and currently serves as the Member-at-Large for Focus Group Representatives for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. She works in the Education Department at New-York Historical Society and in the English Department at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York.