You've Got to Have a Dream (book)
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| You've Got to Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical | |
 First edition UK cover |
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| Author | Ian Bradley |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Music and Performing Arts; Popular Culture; Practical Theology |
| Genre(s) | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | SCM Press, Westminster John Knox Press |
| Publication date |  September 1, 2004 April 19, 2005 |
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| Pages | 240 244 |
| ISBN | (ISBN 978-0334029496) |
You've Got to Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical is a book written by the theologian Ian Bradley, first published in 2004, exploring the spiritual dimension of musical theatre.
In his study, Bradley includes works with an overt religious subject matter, for example, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well looking at musicals such as Les Misérables, The Lion King and Carousel. His thesis is that Churches have a great deal to learn from modern musicals and could usefully incorporate their spiritual and theological values, and the pastoral care they offer, into their services.
The title "You've Got to Have a Dream" is a reference to a line in the popular song Happy Talk in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific.
