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- Intro to Musical Theatre
- We will be looking at...
- The History of Musical Theatre
- What is Musical Theatre?
- A theatre piece that contains music, spoken dialogue, and
dance
- Typically popular styles of music
- Story is told through all aspects of the piece
- Types of Musicals
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- Traditional music with a strong story that drives the music and
the characters
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- A collection of songs, generally with some common element
- Types of Musicals cont.
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- Musical where the concept or message is just as, if not more
important than the story
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- Music using only songs from a group or artist
- Types of Musicals cont.
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- Using rock or pop music, typically with little to no dialogue.
It could be called a Rock/Pop Opera
- Musical Breakdown a. The three main components of a book
musical are the music, the lyrics and the book. b. The book of a
musical refers to the story, character development, and dramatic
structure, including the spoken dialogue. c. Book can also refer to
the dialogue and lyrics together, which are sometimes referred to
as the libretto (Italian for little book d. The music and lyrics
together form the score of the musical
- Musical Breakdown
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- About 6 main pieces of music, but usually more than 10
songs
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- Spoken dialogue breaks up between the songs
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- Although some musicals are sung all the way through (Jesus
Christ Superstar/ Evita)
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- Typically the moments of greatest tension are told through
song
- Clip 1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xL6vtLM9U&feature=related
- Who Makes Musicals?
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- Director, Choreographers, Musical Director, Technical Director,
Stage Manager
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- Typically characterized by the technical aspects such as
staging, lighting, props, set, costumes, sound, any special
effects
- History
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- Around since the earliest forms (Greek, Medieval etc.) in some
form
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- As we know it today, it began with Operettas which were a
transition from Opera forms to musical comedy (Such as Gilbert
& Sullivan)
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http://www.wtso.net/movie/271-The_Simpsons_502_Cape_Feare.html
- History Cont.
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- In America, the first original theatre piece in English that
conforms to the modern conception of a musical, adding dance and
original music that helped to tell the story, is generally
considered to be The Black Crook
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- premiered in New York on September 12, 1866. The production was
a staggering five-and-a-half hours long, but despite its length, it
ran for a record-breaking 474 performances
- History Golden Age
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- The Golden age of Musicals was from the 1940s-60s
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- Began with Oklahoma by Rodgers and Hammerstein
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- tightly integrating all the aspects of musical theatre, with a
cohesive plot, songs that furthered the action of the story, and
dances that advanced the plot and developed the characters, rather
than using dance as an excuse to parade scantily clad women across
the stage
- Golden Age Cont.
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- It was the first "blockbuster" Broadway show, running a total
of 2,212 performances, and was made into a hit film. It remains one
of the most frequently produced of the team's projects
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- From this era we get famous musicals such as Carousel (1945),
South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), and The Sound of Music
(1959).
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- These had serious subject matter than earlier shows
- Golden Age Cont.
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- the villain in Oklahoma! is a suspected murderer and psychopath
with a fondness for lewd post cards
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- Carousel deals with spousal abuse, thievery, suicide and the
afterlife
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- South Pacific explores miscegenation even more thoroughly than
Show Boat
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- the hero of The King and I dies onstage.
- The 60s
- The most notable musical contributor to come out of this time
period was Steven Sondheim
- Notable Plays by him include
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- Sunday in the Park with George
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- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
- ALTHOUSE MUSICAL
- Happening Feb 1 st -4 th !!!
- 70s
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- Here we saw the rise of rock musicals such as
- 80s/ 90s
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- Here the mega- musicals or Pop Operas began
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- Andrew Lloyd Webbers musicals Phantom of the Opera, Evita,
Cats
- Current
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- Musicals currently put on are those most likely to see healthy
profit, largely based off of spectacle and Broadway influences
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- However a few unusual shows have sprung up to become some of
the most popular shows yet such as Avenue Q , The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee Spring Awakening , In the Heights , Next
to Normal , The Book of Mormon
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- Where do you see musicals heading?
- Questions?
- Godspell
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv--XOVV2RY