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Chapter 12Chapter 12
The MusicalThe Musical
On Musicals On Musicals
““American musical American musical theatre is our indigenous theatre is our indigenous art form. We can’t claim art form. We can’t claim drama, ballet, or opera, drama, ballet, or opera, but musical theatre is but musical theatre is our very own. . . . our very own. . . . Musicals are in our blood Musicals are in our blood and in our bones, are and in our bones, are part of our collective part of our collective personality.”personality.”
Molly Smith, Artistic Molly Smith, Artistic Director of Director of
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Musical Theatre GenresMusical Theatre Genres
OperaOpera OperettaOperetta RevueRevue Variety showVariety show VaudevilleVaudeville BurlesqueBurlesque Musical Musical
comedycomedy Straight Straight
musicalmusical Rock musicalRock musical
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Scripts of MusicalsScripts of Musicals
MusicMusicLyricsLyricsLibrettistLibrettistComposerComposerLyricistLyricist
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Broad Categories of MusicalsBroad Categories of Musicals Book musicals
Rodgers and HammersteinLerner and Loewe
Dance musicalsMichael BennettBob FosseTommie Tune
Operatic musicalsAndrew Lloyd WebberStephen Sondheim
The Music of MusicalsThe Music of Musicals
OverturePreviews the music from the show by playing a medley of tunes before the show begins.
BalladUsually a slow love song.
Comedy numberDesigned for comic relief.
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The Music of MusicalsThe Music of Musicals
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Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
West Side StoryWest Side Story A Funny Thing A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way Happened on the Way to the Forumto the Forum
CompanyCompany FolliesFollies A Little Night MusicA Little Night Music Sweeney ToddSweeney Todd Sunday in the Park Sunday in the Park
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Opera: High Art and Comic Opera: High Art and Comic ReliefRelief
OperaOriginated in Italy in the 1500sReached its peak in the 19th century with
composers like Wagner, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, and Handel
Comic OperaDeveloped from intermezziGilbert and Sullivan’s opera are regarded by
most as the epitome of this form
Early American MusicalsEarly American Musicals
Vaudeville was its height of popularity from 1890 – 1920.
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Early American MusicalsEarly American Musicals
Ballad OperasBegan with John Gay’s Three Penny Opera in 1728
Minstrel ShowsCaricatured African-American plantation life in
song and dance Revues
Ziegfeld Follies was the epitome of this unique form of the American musical theatre
ExtravaganzasThe Black Crook in 1866 spawned this unique
form of musical that emphasized elaborate scenery and scantily glad female dancing chorines
African American MusicalsAfrican American Musicals
A Trip to Coontown (1898)
The Origin of the Cakewalk (1898)
Runnin’ Wild (1923) Dixie to Broadway
(1924) Blackbirds (1926)
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The The Show BoatShow Boat (1927) (1927) RevolutionRevolution
The quintessential American musical
Integrated book, lyrics, and music into a unified whole
Focused on serious themes in American culture
First musical to win the Pulitzer Prize
Established Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II as major figures in the development of the American musical
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Thoroughly Modern MusicalsThoroughly Modern Musicals
Porgy and Bess (1935) Oklahoma! (1943) Guys and DollsGuys and Dolls (1950), (1950), My Fair Lady My Fair Lady (1956), (1956), The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (1959)(1959) Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof (1964) (1964) Cabaret (1966) Hair (1967) A Chorus Line (1975)
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Hooray for Bollywood!Hooray for Bollywood!
The term “Bollywood” The term “Bollywood” blends “Hollywood” and blends “Hollywood” and “Bombay” and refers to the “Bombay” and refers to the cinema of India. cinema of India.
An average of 800 films are An average of 800 films are made every year in India, made every year in India, many of them musicals. many of them musicals. That’s more than twice the That’s more than twice the number of films Hollywood number of films Hollywood produces per year, making produces per year, making India not only the top India not only the top producer of movies around producer of movies around the world, but also the top the world, but also the top producer of musicals. producer of musicals.
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The Beginning or the End?The Beginning or the End?
Rent Rent (1996)(1996) Urinetown Urinetown (2001)(2001) Avenue Q Avenue Q (2003)(2003) Wicked Wicked (2003)(2003) The 25th Annual The 25th Annual
Putnam County Putnam County Spelling Bee Spelling Bee (2005)(2005)
Monty Python’s Monty Python’s Spamalot Spamalot (2005)(2005)
Spring Awakening Spring Awakening (2006)(2006)
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Depending on whom you talk to, the American musical is alive and well or on its deathbed.
Music and theatre have been traveling hand in hand for thousands of years, and even though the shape of the musical can’t be predicted, there will be musicals as long as people like a story told with song.
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