This Semester We have experienced: Monologues with Dusek Parody Robert Wilson Directors in field Performance Art Commercials Playwright Scene Projects
What’s left? Musicals/ Choreography project I’ll bring in Musical songs to assign groups to create choreography to be performed on Mon, May 2? Or Wed May 4? Films: Due during Finals week- who is with who?? By self? Films due Wed, May 11 at 10am
Today…let’s move into Musical Theatre
Tony’s….What if life were like Theatre…. cJiY cJiY
Go to Playbill.com How many plays/musicals on Broadway as of? Total productions currently listed? How many are musicals?
Genre Breakdown Musicals: 32 Plays:10 Solo: 2 Non genre: 1
Types/ Categories of plays on Broadway that you will see on Tonys New (meaning original…first time ever on Broadway Revivals ( meaning new versions of plays/musicals previously written) Sunday, June 12 CBS
Original Musicals
Musicals based on music already written
Original playsAn Act of GodAn Act of God China Doll Eclipsed The Humans King Charles III Misery Our Mother's Brief Affair The Father Thérèse Raquin Original musicalsAllegianceAllegiance Amazing Grace American Psycho Bright Star Disaster! Hamilton On Your Feet! School of Rock Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That FollowedShuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed Tuck Everlasting Waitress Play revivalsBlackbirdBlackbird The Crucible Fool for Love The Gin Game Hughie Long Day's Journey Into NightLong Day's Journey Into Night Noises Off Old Times Sylvia A View From the Bridge Musical revivalsDames at SeaDames at Sea The Color Purple Fiddler on the Roof She Loves Me Spring Awakening
Musicals from other Genre’s
Based on Films or Other Media
Past Other Genre’s Monty Python’s Spamalot Mike Nichols directs March won Tony 05 Best Musical The Producers by Mel Brooks- April won Tony 01 Best Musical
Disney goes Live! Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken,Tim Rice, Howard Ashman
More Disney The Lion King- Nov by Tim Rice;Elton John Directed by Julie Taymor
Revivals- on BW
Composers You should know… Stephen Sondheim Sunday in the Park with George A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Gypsy Into the Woods Passion West Side Story Assassins Company Many more….
Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera- Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, Starlight Express, Cats, Aspects of Love, Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat
Composers You should know… Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe Camelot Brigadoon My Fair Lady The Little Prince Gigi An American in Paris (Lerner) Paint Your Wagon
Composers You should know… Stephen Schwartz Wicked (on BW) Pippin (last yearon BW) Godspell (last year BW) Working The Children of Eden Captain Louie Disney films
Composers You should know… RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN The King & I (on BW) Oklahoma The Sound of Music South Pacific Cinderella (last year BW) Carousel State Fair Flower Drum Song
Ticket sales…..notice…all musicals! Here is a look at who was on top for the week ending :
Let’s watch some choreography