Historical icons in musical theater

Presented By: Quiana Holmes

Historical Icons in Musical Theater

What is Musical Theater?

A Form of Performance

Song/music

Dialogue

Acting

Dance

George Cohan

• Playwright

• Lyricist

• Actor

• Singer

• Dancer

Cohan’s Famous Works

• “The Governor's Son” The

Four Cohans (1901)

• Johnny Jones (1904)

• “Forty-Five Minutes From

Broadway” (1905)

• “The Tavern” (1920)

• “Molly Malone” (1925)

• “The Miracle Man” (1925)

• “Hello Broadway” (1925)

Cohan’s Accomplishments• One of leading “Tin Pan

Alley” Songwriters

• Published over 300

original songs

• Produced more than

fifty Broadway Musicals

from 1904 to 1920

Rodgers and Hammerstein

• Richard Roger

composed music

• Oscar Hammerstein

wrote lyrics

• American Musical

Theatre composing

team

Famous Works• Oklahoma (1943)

• Carousel (1945)

• South Pacific (1949)

• The King and I (1951)

• “Cinderella: Television Broadcast” (1957)

• Sound of Music (1959)

Accomplishments• Thirty-four Tony Awards

• Fifteen Academy

Awards

• Pulitzer Prize

• Two Grammy Awards

Bob Fosse

• American dancer

• Chorographer

• Director

• Screenwriter

• Actor

Fosse Style of Dance • “Fosse Amoeba"

• sideways shuffling

• rolled shoulders

• jazz hands

• He loved to incorporate props in his dancing.

Famous Works

• The Pajama Game

• “How to Succeed in

Business Without Really

Trying”

• “Sweet Charity”

• “Chicago.”

Artists Inspired by Fosse

Beyoncé is known to look to

Bob Fosse for dance

inspiration.

Artists Inspired by Fosse

(Continued)

Michael Jackson was

another artist that turned to

Bob Fosse for dance

inspiration.

There are so many people that have helped form what musicaltheatre is today, even though I have only mentioned a few.

Musical Theatre is an art form that will forever change and grow.Thank you for listening!