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Mrs . Abbott Theater Production and Drama Oak Park High School

Mrs . Abbott Theater Production and Drama Oak Park High School. What is a Musical?. Take Notes : Write down 6 good facts from the video on musical theater. A play, where music and dance are used to tell the story. Intro to Musical Theater. Why I Love Musical Theater. Give it a chance!.

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Mrs . Abbott Theater Production and Drama Oak Park High School

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  1. Mrs. AbbottTheater Production and DramaOak Park High School

  2. What is a Musical? Take Notes: Write down 6 good facts from the video on musical theater. • A play, where music and dance are used to tell the story. Intro to Musical Theater

  3. Why I Love Musical Theater

  4. Give it a chance! • I don’t care if you end up loving or hating musical theater (although I hope you love it) • Give it a chance… • Which means, open your heart and your mind up to the possibility that musical theater might be awesome!

  5. Musical Theater Take Notes! Where did musical theatre come from? • Musical theatre has been around since the beginning of theatre in Greece more than 2000 years ago. • The musicals that we think of today, first became popular with the development of television. When television was created a number of people who went to the movies declined…why go to a movie when you can watch the same thing on television at home…enter musicals. • Movie Studios decided that they needed to come up with a type of movie that people couldn’t see at home on television, they came up with the musical.

  6. Musical Theater Take Notes! • How are musical’s different from television? • Big Budget: Television shows have a limited budget. Musicals also have large casts, and elaborate costumes and sets. • Musical Numbers: The characters occasionally burst into song…TV didn’t have that…until Glee…now we have Glee, Smash, Nashville, and more!

  7. Music Talk to the Text • “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” --Victor Hugo • “Music is the international language of mankind.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  8. Origins of Musical Theatre in the United States • Factors leading to the birth of Musical Theatre: • The large amounts of immigrants making up the U.S. in late 19th & early 20th centuries and their respective music & dance traditions. • The Minstrel shows, musical revues, and vaudeville paved the way. Take Notes!

  9. Three important things that make an Integrated Musical • Acting • Singing • Dancing All of these three things have to come together to form a story, and they all must match and make sense. Take Notes!

  10. Birth of Musical Theatre • Producer Florenz Ziegfeld’s SHOWBOAT (1927) establishes the American Musical Theatre. • A book musical based on Edna Ferber’s novel and told with text, music & dance. • Focused in New York City.

  11. Showboat Who was Hattie McDaniel? • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip? Can’t help loving that man of mine

  12. The Broadway Theatre Take Notes! • The heart of musical theatre production. • Close to Broadway & Times Square, between 41st & 50th Streets. Broadway New York City

  13. Rodgers and Hammerstein • The most successful and influential musical duos of their time! (1940-1950’s) • Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music, were outstanding successes. • Among the many accolades their shows (and film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammy Awards

  14. Oklahoma (1943) • Musical about farmers and cowboys reinforcing traditional American values. • Created by Richard Rodgers (music)& Oscar Hammerstein II (book & lyrics) during WWII. • Dance used to develop character in “Laurie’s Dream Ballet” with Choreography by Agnes de Mille

  15. Oklahoma • Laurie’s Dream Ballet • What was the clip about? • How is the story told without talking OR singing? • What are your feelings about the Laurie’s Dream Ballet?

  16. Stephen Sondheim • Most influential presence on musical theatre of late 20th century. • The musical of untidy endings. • Earliest collaborations are West Side Story, Gypsy. • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Into the Woods, Assassins.

  17. West Side Story (1957)

  18. West Side Story (1957) • Based on the feuding families that doomed the lovers Romeo & Juliet, but set in urban NYC dramatizing gang conflict. • Creators are Leonard Bernstein (music), Jerome Robbins (director/choreographer), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), Arthur Laurents (book). • Entire story told through songs & dances, very little dialogue.

  19. West Side Story America • What was the clip about? • What does it say about America? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  20. My Fair Lady (1956) Julie Andrews • Brilliant language to the musical stage provided by the work of George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmallion. • Created by Alan Lerner (music) & Frederick Loewe (lyrics), directed by Moss Hart. • Casting of Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins & Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle.

  21. My Fair Lady (1956) Not Julie Andrews! Why? Wouldn’t it be Loverly • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  22. The Lion King • The Lion King (1997) conceived, designed & directed by Julie Taymor How do you turn people into animals?

  23. The Lion King Opening Number

  24. The Lion King • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  25. Julie Taymor • Director (movies and theater), Artist, Designer • Revolutionized theater • Creator of: The Lion King, Spiderman, turn off the dark, The Tempest

  26. Modern Musical Theater

  27. Wicked • The back-story of The Wizard of Oz Defying Gravity • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  28. Jesus Christ Superstar • The Bible story of Jesus, as told with rock music. Jesus Christ Superstar • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  29. Once • The actors and the musicians are the same people! Once • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  30. Porgy and Bess • A folk opera about African American life in South Carolina in the 1920s. Medley • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  31. The Book of Mormon • The story of Mormon missionaries in Africa, made by the creators of South Park. I Believe • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  32. Spiderman: Turn off the Dark • The Spiderman comic book, brought to life on stage…with LOTS of special effects. Spiderman • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  33. Shrek • The musical version of the cartoon hit, Shrek! What’s up Dulac? • What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip?

  34. What was the clip about? • What are your thoughts/feelings about the clip? • Which clip do you like better? Why? • What is Beauty and the Beat trying to say? Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beat

  35. Musical Questions • What is the name of the musical? • Where did this story take place? (20 words or more) • Is this story from present day (now)? Why or why not? (30 words or more) • What is the plot of the story? Using a flow map summarize what happened first, second and so on…(This should be a large flow map, with lots and lots of detail, it should take up an entire page or more!) • List and describe the leading characters in the story, what is their relationship to each other? (60 words or more) • Who is (are) the main character(s) of the story? Why do you say that he/she/they are the main character(s)? (60 words or more) • Who is (are) the protagonist(s)? Describe him/her/them. (60 words or more) • Who is (are) the antagonist(s)? Describe him/her/them. (60 words or more) • What happens to the antagonist(s) at the end of the story? (30 words or more) • What happens to the protagonist(s) at the end of the story? (30 words or more)

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