ISSM is the International Society for the Study of Musicals.
We are the home of the annual conference Song, Stage and Screen and the journal Studies in Musical Theatre.
Our Mission
The International Society for the Study of Musicals serves as an intellectual home for the interdisciplinary field of musical theatre studies. ISSM's mission is to advance the study of musicals on pages, stages, and screens through the scholarly journal Studies in Musical Theatre and the annual international conference Song, Stage and Screen. Scholars from any discipline who research and write about musicals are welcome.
Song, Stage and Screen returns in-person June 26-29, 2024 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Free and open to the public.
ISSM was co-founded in 2023 by Ryan Donovan (Duke University), Jessica Sternfeld (Chapman University), and Elizabeth L. Wollman (Baruch College, CUNY).
International Society for the Study of Musicals, Inc. is incorporated in the state of New York as a domestic not-for-profit corporation.
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