I am currently revising my dissertation, "Judicial Criticism: Performance and Aesthetics in Anglo-American Copyright Law, 1833-1911," which explored legal theories of the performing arts in nineteenth-century copyright law. My next project, Specific Performance, will investigate the performances of contractual obligations that underlie artistic performances. I am interested generally in the law as a nexus between the business of the performing arts and aesthetic practices and theories. My other research areas include musical theater, music-as-performance, and sound studies.

If you do not have access to these journals, please contact me for off-prints of any of the articles below.

Articles and Essays:
Book and Performance Reviews:
Other Writing:
Articles and Essays in Progress:
  • Performing Rights and the Commodification of Performance
    theoretical overview of the meaning of performing rights law
  • The Trials of Jesus Christ Superstar
    legal, theatrical, and religious notions of embodiment in JCS copyright lititation
  • On Bow and Exit Music
    categorization and theorization of curtain call underscoring in the American musical
  • Musical Chairs: On the Scenography of the Symphony
    "set" changes at orchestra concerts and the nature of musical labor
  • Untitled Essay on the Plays of Annie Baker
    Baker's plays as meldings of realism and expressionism, emphasizing the phenomenal theatrical experience
  • How to Publish Your (Nineteenth-Century) Book For Dummies
    the history of author's how-to guides and their meaning for authorial labor
  • Performing Don John
    the performance history of J. L. Austin's lectures on performativity
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