http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucr_tfdp_pbr/rss Recent eScholarship items from Practice-Based Research Thu, 8 Oct 2026 19:52:49 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6zs153rn The 2008 premiere of <em>In the Heights</em> marked a significant moment in the history of American musical theatre, generating increased visibility for Latine artists while coinciding with the emergence of a rapidly expanding body of Latine and Caribbean musical theatre. Despite this growth, the field lacks a comprehensive record of its scope, development, and diversity. This project addresses that archival and scholarly gap through a living digital archive documenting more than 400 Latine and Caribbean musicals developed and produced since 2008, including works across the United States, the Caribbean, and the global diaspora. Rather than positioning Latine and Caribbean musical theatre as a discrete or unified genre, the archive conceptualizes it as a transnational and diasporic field shaped by migration, colonial histories, cultural memory, racial formation, and intersecting identities. Entries document artists, development histories, productions, and related contextual information,... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6zs153rn Wed, 7 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sicre, Daphnie Reyes, Yari Jackson, Kaia