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Stuart Hecht is an American theatre historian and Boston College professor who has worked extensively in Chicago theatre history and more recently on assimilation and the American musical. He has published over thirty scholarly articles, as well as chapters in five major books. His articles have appeared in  Theatre Journal,  The Journal of American Theatre and  Drama,  Theatre History Studies,  Chicago History,  The Sondheim Review,  American Theatre, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism,  Theatre Survey  and  The Journal of Popular Culture, amongst many others.

Watch Stuart’s JLive from Friday, July 23, 2021