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THEATRE UNDER THE STARS 2014/ 15 CONTENT GUIDEAbout TUTS

Founded in 1968, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is Houstons acclaimed non-profit musical theatre company. Since its founding by Frank M. Young, TUTS has produced more than 300 musicals including many local, national and world premieres. As a way to continue the tradition of musical theatre, TUTS Education provides barrier-free instruction and stage experience, through the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and The River program for children

with special needs. TUTS also annually presents the Tommy Tune Awards, honoring the best and brightest in Houstons high school theatre programs. TUTS is housed in the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Glance towards the sky before you enjoy a performance at the Hobby Center; the fiber-optic ceiling keeps TUTS under the stars all year long. TUTS is pleased to present the 2014/15 season.

THEATRE ETIQUETTE

Save snacks for intermission.

Turn your cell phones and electronics off completely.

No texting!

Arrive about 30 minutes before the show starts.

Applaud at the end of songs and scenes. Otherwise, shhhhh!

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WHOS WHO: CREATIVE TEAMSTORY BEHIND THE STORY

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

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A BRIEF HISTORY PUTTING ON A SHOWTHEATRE ETIQUETTEABOUT TUTS

CURTAIN CALL: LEARNING ACTIVITIES

BACKSTAGE: ABOUT MUSICAL THEATRE

CENTER STAGE: VICTOR/VICTORIA

TABLE OF CONTENTSTUTS creates online content guides to further enhance students theatrical experiences. The content guides contain various discussion questions, projects and activities that encourage students to engage with parents and/or teachers that will hopefully foster a love and appreciation of musical theatre.

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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

THE MUSIC MAN

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September 16 - 28, 2014

December 5 - 28, 2014

February 10 - 22, 2015

March 17 - 29, 2015

May 5 - 17, 2015

May 26 - June 7, 2015

TUTS 2014/2015 STUDENT MATINEESBRING IT ON PG-13Sept. 12, 2014at 10AM, Zilkha Hall

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH GMarch 24-27, 2015at 9:30 & 11:15AM, Zilkha Hall

SCROOGE GDec. 2-5, 2014at 9:30 & 11:15AM, Zilkha Hall

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THEATRE UNDER THE STARS 2014/ 15 CONTENT GUIDESummary & Characters

The Music Man is about a Con Man named Harold Hill. He travels to the small town of River City, Iowa claiming to be a professor

of music. He plans to convince the town they need a boys band and then he plans to run

away once the boys have paid for instruments and uniforms. His scheme is falling into place

until Harold falls in love with Marian, the town piano teacher.

TUTS gives this show a movie equivalent rating of G

Adult Language: N/A

Violence: N/A

Drugs/Alcohol: References to alcohol and tobacco because of the pool table.

Sexual References: N/A

For a more detailed synopsis, see page 5 of this content guide.

PARENTAL GUIDELINES

Please visit http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ for more information.

TEKSTexas Essential Knowledge and Skills State of Texas Assessment of Academic ReadinessReading/Comprehension 7.5 and 7.5A and 8.5 and 8.5A

EnglishGrade 6: 110:18 (14, 15, 20-23, 26) Grade 7: 110:19 (14, 15, 20-23, 26) Grade 8: 110:20 (14, 15, 20-23, 26) Grade 9: 110:31 (13, 14, 15, 20-23) Grade 10: 110:32 (13, 14, 15, 20-23) Grade 11: 110:33 (13, 14, 15, 20-23) Grade 12: 110:34 (13, 14, 15, 20-23)

Social Studies113.41 (24)113:42 (1, 19, 21, 24)

Musical TheatreGrade 1: 117:319 (5) Grade 2: 117:320 (5) Grade 3: 117:321 (5) Grade 4: 117:322 (5)

TheatreGrade 1: 117:64 (5) Grade 2: 117:65 (5) Grade 3: 117:66 (5) Grade 4: 117:67 (5)

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CENTER STAGE: MUSIC MANDetailed Synopsis & Musical Numbers

ACT I

In July 1912, fast-talking traveling salesman Professor Harold Hill comes to the small town of River City, Iowa. Harold trumpets himself as a professor of music, selling band instruments, uniforms, and the idea of starting a boys band with the local youth. In order to get the town onboard with the idea, he decides to create a situation of concern for the citizens. He convinces the town that the arrival of the new pool table will only cause corruption of the citys youth. The way to fight this corruption is with music. Families begin to order instruments and uniforms while Harold begins to teach the boys his revolutionary

Think System: simply think about the melodies of the music in order to learn to play it.

Marian Paroo, the local librarian and part-time piano teacher, is not so easily convinced of Harolds credibility. She tracks down information to incriminate Harold as a fraud. She is prepared to turn it over to the mayor, when she has a change of heart, seeing her younger brother come out of his shell by the arrival of his new instrument for the band. Marian and Harold develop a relationship.

ACT II

As the city prepares for their Fourth of July celebration, a vengeful rival of Harold arrives in town. Charlie Cowell, plans to expose Harold and convince the townspeople to arrest him. Harold is torn between running to protect himself and his love for Marian. He decides to stay and face the towns people. Harold is arrested and brought before the town. The mayor suggests tar and feathering him as punishment. Marian comes to Harolds defense, reminding them of the hope and joy Harold brought with his idea of music. The people forgo the idea of tar and feathering but demand to know where the band is. The boys all enter in uniform and line up in band formation with their instruments. Marian breaks a blackboard pointer, giving a piece to Harold to use as a baton. Harold pleads with the boys to think and begins to conduct. Miraculously, they are able to play a barely recognizable Minuet in G. The townspeople, including the mayor, are all thrilled; all the parents proudly call to their sons. The mayor shakes Harolds hand while the crowd cheers; and Marian and Harold embrace.

NOTE: Performance contains one intermission.

SYNOPSIS

MUSICAL NUMBERSACT I

Rock Island

Iowa Stubborn

Trouble

Piano Lesson

Goodnight My Someone

Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean

Seventy-Six Trombones

Sincere

The Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me

Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little

Good night Ladies

Marian The Librarian

My White Night

Wells Fargo Wagon

ACT II

Its You

Shipoopi

Pickalittle (Reprise)

Lida Rose

Will I Ever Tell You

Gary, Indiana

Footbridge Ballet

Till There Was You

76 Trombones (Reprise)

Goodnight My Someone (Reprise)

Ice Cream Sociable

Till There Was You (Reprise)

Finale

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CENTER STAGE: MUSIC MANCharacters

Prof. Harold Hill: A dynamic con man and traveling salesman

Marian Paroo: A sometimes stuffy librarian and piano teacher

Winthrop: Marians lisping younger brother

Mrs. Paroo: Marian and Winthrops charming Irish mother

Mayor George Shinn: A blustery politician and mayor of River City.

Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn: Mayor Shinns peacock wife

The Barbershop Quartet: Four bickering school board members (Olin Britt, Oliver Hix, Ewart Dunlop, and Jacey Squires).

Pick-a-Little Ladies: Eulalies gossipy friends , The Pick-a-Little Ladies include Alma Hix, Mrs. Squires, Maud Dunlop, and Ethel Toffelmier (the pianola girl).

Marcellus Washburn: Harolds old friend and former partner

Amaryllis: Marians young piano student

Tommy Djilas: The town troublemaker

Zaneeta Shinn: The mayors oldest and slightly daffy daughter

Charlie Cowell: A traveling anvil salesman

Constable Locke: The symbol of law and order

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Whos Who: Creative Team

CURTAIN CALL: LEARNING ACTIVITIES

MEREDITH WILLSON Composer & Lyricist (1902 -1984)

FRANKLIN LACEYLibrettist (1917-1988)

Meredith Willson was born in 1902 in Mason City, Iowa. He learned to play the flute as a child, and later left Iowa to study at Julliard School. He was hired as principle flutist and piccolo player with John Philip Sousas Band. He later joined the New York Philharmonic as 1st flutist. As NBCs west coast musical director, his various radio programs included The Big Show, starring Tallulah Bankhead, for which he wrote the hill song, May The Lord Bless and Keep You. He composed movie scores for The Great Dictator and The Little Foxes, as well as symphonic, band and choral works. Willson wrote three Broadway musicals: The Music Man, his first and most successful, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (music and lyrics) and Heres Love (book, music and lyrics). As an author, his published works include And There I Stood With My Piccolo, Eggs I Have Laid, Who Did What to Fedalia and his memoir about the making of The Music Man: But He Doesnt Know the Territory.

During the 1940s and early 1950s, Lacey worked in various production positions on Broadway, including work as a stage manager for Ziegfield. He produced and hosted the first talk show, Meet Unusual People, on the West Coast where he persuaded such stars as Bea Lillie to come from London and provide an hour of amusing and intelligent conversation on Paramounts KTLA. In the late 1950s, Franklin shifted his talents to Las Vegas, producing a night club show for the Flamingo Hilton. He also wrote several popular pageants and penned the long-running London stage play, Pagan in the Parlor.

RESOURCES:http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/View/712#ixzz2nIp55tEHhttp://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000053http://www.angelfire.com/musicals/thespia/mm/mmchars.htmlhttp://www.broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/musicman.htmhttp://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical004.htmlhttp://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/13201/Franklin-Laceyhttp://www.thepac.net/pdf/08StudyGuideMusicMan.pdfhttp://www.bard.org/education/studyguides/musicman/musicman.html#.Uo0jT-IW6Sohttp://www.cfa.arizona.edu/theatreartsoutreach/files/theatreartsoutreach/the-music-man-study-guide2.pdfhttp://www.endresnet.com/mmwillson.htmlhttp://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C316http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/847/The-Music-Manhttp://www.iowahistory.org/http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_m/music_man.htmhttp://nlwest.home.comcast.net/~nlwest/The_Music_Man.html

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CURTAIN CALL: LEARNING ACTIVITIESLearning Activities

Notions: Small lightweight items for household use, such as needles, buttons and thread

Button-hooks: A small hook for fastening a button on shoes or gloves

Cotton goods: Bolts of fabric

Hard goods: Products that arent consumed or quickly disposed of, and can be used for several years. Cast iron, metal or ceramic. Also called durable goods

Soft goods: Textiles, clothing and related articles of trade. Also called dry goods

Fancy goods: Fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental

Noggins: A small mug or cup. Also a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint

Stave: a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure

Piggins: A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper

Firkins: A small wooden barrel or covered vessel -- used for butter, lard, etc.

Hogshead: A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents

Cask: A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel

Demijohn: A large, narrow-necked bottle made of glass or earthenware, usually encased in wickerwork- consisting of interlaced twigs or branches. Commonly holds wine or ale

Flypaper: Paper coated with a sticky, sometimes poisonous substance, used to catch flies

Model T Ford: The T was the first car that the average person could afford to buy

Two-by-four store: putdown - small of its kind

Uneeda Biscuit: The Uneeda Biscuit boy is the story of early American advertising boiled down to a single parable that just happens to be real history. Uneeda was one of the first mass marketed products outside of its region, due to the sanitary packaging it promoted as being a step above the cracker barrel in terms of health and convenience

Sanitary package: First used to describe

packaging to keep items like crackers from spoiling

Cracker barrel: A large, cylindrical container, usually made of staves bound together with hoops, with a flat top and bottom of equal diameter

Mail Pouch cut plug: A popular brand of chewing tobacco, sold in hard plugs that would be cut with a knife

Sugar barrel: As above for cracker barrel, except holding sugar for sale

Pickle barrel: As above for cracker barrel, except holding brine and pickles for sale

Milk pan: Shallow milk pans with flaring shoulders were common household items until the mid-1800s

Bang beat bell-ringin: Refers to tactics used by traveling carnivals and patent medicine salesmen to draw attention and customers

Big haul: Refers to money being made by con or criminal activity. Dime novels from this period talked about gangs of criminals planning the big haul

Great go: Passing a test or trial successfully

Neck-or-nothin: Figure of speech - at all risks

Rip roarin: Noisy, lively and exciting

Everytime-a-bulls eye: The precise accomplishment of a goal or purpose

Mandolin: A small lute like instrument with a typically pear-shaped body and a straight fretted neck, having usually four sets of paired strings tuned in unison or octaves

Jews-harp: A lyre-shaped instrument of music, also called jaw harp and Jews-trump

When the man dances the piper pays him: To pay the piper means to bear the consequences of something. This twist means Harold Hill never has had to pay for his actions as a matter of fact, he even profits from them without consequences

Thimble rigger: One who cheats by thimble rigging, or tricks. Also known as a shell game Neck-bowed Hawkeyes: Iowans from Hawkeye, Iowa in bowties

Rig: slang for any carriage or coach

Tank town: A small town. So called because trains would stop there only to replenish water

Grip: A suitcase or valise

Billiards: A game played with three balls (one cue ball and two object balls) on a pocketless table

Pool: Developed much later than billiards, it is also known as pocket billiards. A cue ball is used along with 15 object balls on a table with six pockets

Iron clad leave to yourself from a three-rail billiard shot: Leave is slang for a favorable position for a stroke in billiards. Three-rail billiard shot refers to the fact that in carom billiards, the cue ball must contact at least 3 cushions before it hits the second object ball in order to score any points

Balkline: A line parallel to one end of a billiard table, from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made

Pinch-back suit: Serving as an imitation or substitute

Jasper: Any male fellow or chum, usually a stranger

Trotting race: A horse that trots, especially one trained for harness racing

Horse race: With a jockey on the horses back, running much quicker than the trotting race

Dan Patch (1897-1916): the most famous trotting horse from Indiana

Frittern away their time: To reduce or squander little by little

Cistern: A receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater

Knickerbockers: Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee (which is why moving them above the knee is such a shocking thing to do)

Shirt-tail young ones: Very young or of little value; inadequate or small

Bevo: From Anheuser-Busch. A non-alcoholic drink that tasted like beer

Cubebs: The dried unripe berry of a tropical shrub of the pepper family that is crushed and smoked in cigarettes as a medicine for catarrh, an inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus

Tailor Mades: A tailor-made cigarette referred to any cigarette made in a factory on a cigarette making machine

Sen-Sen: Breath mints

MUSIC MAN GLOSSARY

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Rag-time: A style of jazz characterized by elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment

Corn crib: A structure for storing and drying ears of corn

Captain Billys Whiz Bang: A comic strip started in 1919 that represented the decline of morality and the flaunting of immodesty. They quit publishing some time between 1932-36

Swell: Slang excellent, wonderful and delightful (mid-19th century)

Sos your old man: Catch phrase from 1900. An exclamation used as a retort to an insult or slu.

The Maine: U.S. battleship sunk (Feb. 15, 1898) in Havana harbor, killing 260 in an incident that helped precipitate the Spanish-American War

Plymouth Rock: Plymouth, Massachusetts, is the oldest settlement in New England, founded in 1620. Plymouth Rock is on the beach where the Mayflower landed

The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Balzac 1799-1850: French writer and a founder of the realist school of fiction. He is considered to be among the great masters of the novel

Masher: A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

Paul Bunyan: A giant lumberjack who performs superhuman acts in American folklore

Saint Pat (Saint Patrick - c.385-461): Christian missionary, the Apostle of Ireland

Noah Webster (1758-1843): American lexicographer whose Spelling Book (1783) helped standardize American spelling. His major work, An American Dictionary of the English Language, was originally published in 1828

Pest house: A hospital for patients affected with plague or other infectious disease

Gilmore (Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore): Known as the Father of the American Band. Gilmore, a musical soloist who came from Ireland in 1848 with ideas about instrumentation and interpretation from the European bands. He wrote several songs, including When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Good News from Home, We are Coming Father Abraham, Seeing Nellie Home, and Famous 22nd Regiment March

Liberatti (Alessandro Liberati, 1847-1927): Born in Italy, played in the Cacciatori Band of Rome. In 1872, he came to the U.S., became a U.S. citizen and directed his own band that toured the

U.S. from 1889-1919 and 1921-23

Pat Conway (Patrick Conway, 1865-1929): Director of the Ithaca N.Y. Municipal Band 1900-1908. Conway, was the first U.S. Air Corps bandmaster. In 1922 he started the Conway Band School in Ithaca

The Great Creatore (Giuseppe C. Creatore 1871-1952): Directed the Naples Municipal Band in Naples Italy. Came to the U.S. in 1899. Organized his own band, Creatores Orchestra, which toured and performed around the U.S. at the same time as Sousas band, and continued performing until 1947

W.C. Handy (1873-1958): African-American songwriter and bandleader. He was among the first to set down the blues and became famous with Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932): American bandmaster and composer who improved the instrumentation and quality of band music. From 1880 to 1892 he led the U.S. Marine Band and in 1892 formed his own band and successfully toured the world. He wrote some 100 marches, many immensely popular, e.g., Semper fidelis (1888) and The Stars and Stripes Forever (1897). Wrote a book called Marching Along Recollections of Men, Women and Music

Battery: Music - the percussion section; Navy- the heavy guns of a warship

Double bell euphoniums: A duplex instrument is played by one performer, but has the characteristics of two different instruments; the performer is free to choose which of the two he wishes the duplex to be

Frank Gotch and Strangular Lewis lay on the mat for three and a half hours without moving a muscle: reference to a wrestling match between Frank Alvin Gotch (1878 - 1917) The Worlds Greatest Wrestler| and Ed Strangler Lewis (1891 - 1966)

Jeely Kly: This is a regional phrase used as a more acceptable version of Jesus Christ

Day laborer: a laborer who works by the day; for daily wages

Hear from me till who laid the rails: Phrase meaning youll be hearing about this for a long time, or I wont forget this anytime soon and youre going to know it

Ye Gods: A curse, or a mock oath, or exclamation

Conservatory: A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, e.g., music

For no Diana do I play faun: Diana is the Roman Goddess of the hunt, the moon, forests, animals and women in childbirth. Both a virgin goddess and an earth goddess

For Hester to win just one more A: Reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), about an adulterous Puritan woman, Hester Prynne

On the que veev: Misspelling of French phrase on the qui vive, meaning on the alert; vigilant

Pianola: a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys

Del Sarte (Francois Del Sarte, 181171): a French teacher of acting and singing

Chaucer (Geoffrey Chaucer, c.1340-1400): English poet regarded as the greatest literary figure of medieval England. His works include, The Book of the Duchess (1369), Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1385), and his masterwork, The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400)

Raballaise (Francois Rabelais, 1494-1553): One of the great comic geniuses of literature French humanist and writer of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism and superstition, most notably Pantagruel (1532) and Gargantua (1534)

Steelies: A type of marble. A shooter made out of steel that can be either solid or hollow. These were preferred by players because their density could easily knock glass marbles out of a ring

Aggies: A type of marble. A shooter made from the mineral, agate. These marbles were the choice of marble shooters for many years, because of their ability to knock glass marbles out of the ring

PeeWees: A type of marble. A smaller marble that is 1/2 or less in diameter

Glassies: Are glass marbles, either handmade or machine-made; and are the most common type of marble used

Carrion: Decaying flesh of a dead body

St. Bridget: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland

OClark, OMendez and OKlein: These three famous musicians were not Irish, though their names appear that way. Clark was Canadian, Mendez was Mexican, and Klein was Jewish. Harold adds an O in front of their names to make them sound Irish so he can make the sale

Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945): Herbert Lincoln Clarke, acknowledged to be the greatest cornetist of his time, was certainly the most celebrated

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Rafael Mndez (1906-1981): A famed Hollywood trumpet soloist and composer

Mannie Klein: A trumpet player who was comfortable playing both jazz and classical music

St. Michaels own way with you: St. Michael, the archangel, was especially honored and invoked as a patron and protector of the Church

Hod-carrying: A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc

Clay-pipe smokin: A pipe made of clay; commonly used in Ireland

Shamrock-wearin: A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity

Harp-playin: Music. An instrument consisting of an upright, open triangular frame with usually 46 strings of graded lengths played by plucking with the fingers. The Irish harp was a common instrument in Irish folk music

Mavorneen-pinchin: (Mavourneen also mavournin) meaning my darling; an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman

Taras hall minstrel-singin: Song by Moore, Thomas 1779-1852, Irish poet. His Irish Melodies (1808-34) include The Harp that Once through Taras Halls. Tara was a village of eastern Ireland northwest of Dublin. It was the seat of Irish kings from ancient times until the sixth century A.D.

Be-gob: By God a corrupted form of begorra(h), an Anglo-Irish coloquialism meaning by God or by Jesus

Be-jabbers: by Jesus also a corrupted form of begorra (h)

Hodado: slang for How do you do?

Lancelot: French knight. Friend of King Arthur and bravest and most celebrated of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthurs wife Guinevere

Venus: Roman goddess of love and beauty; Aphrodite in Greek mythology

Epworth League: Methodist youth group, extremely popular in rural America in the 1890s and early 1900s

Black Hole of Calcutta: Small, airless detention cell in Fort William (Calcutta, India) where 123 of 146 prisoners died after an overnight stay in 1756 (Seven Years War)

The Wells Fargo Wagon: Since 1852, the Wells Fargo stagecoach has been a symbol of reliable service

Mackinaw: a short plaid coat made of thick woolen material

C.O.D. (Cash on Delivery): merchandise sent with the expectation of payment upon receipt

DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution): A patriotic society founded 1890 in Washington, D.C., it opened to women with ancestors who aided the American Revolution.

Tempus fugits: Latin for time flies

Its Capulets like you make blood in the marketplace: Reference to Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596)

What does the Poet say? The coward dies a thousand deaths the brave man only 500: The correct quote is Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once -- William Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar

Bachs conception of the Well-Tempered

Clavichord: A clavichord is a stringed musical instrument with keyboard; similar to a harpsichord

The Redpath Circuit: The purpose of the lyceum movement was self-improvement by lectures and discussions on literary, scientific, and moral topics. After the Civil War, commercial lecture bureaus were founded, among them the Redpath Lyceum Bureau of James C. Redpath in 1868

Tintype: A positive photograph made directly on an iron plate varnished with a thin sensitized film. Also called a ferrotype

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): French composer and leading representative of romanticism in French music. His works include Symphonie Fantastique (1830), Romeo and Juliet (1839), and the opera The Trojans (1855-1858)

Cat-boat in a hurricane: A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carrying a sail extended by a gaff and long boom - easily tossed around by rough waters

Bachs conception of the Well-Tempered Clavichord: A clavichord is a stringed musical instrument with keyboard; similar to a harpsichord. The Well-Tempered Clavier or Clavichord is a musical composition by Bach. It is a set of preludes and fugues, or musical exercises that uses all the major and minor keys of the keyboard

Clink: A prison cell; a lockup

Lilligags me around: To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle

Doxy: A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart

Round-heel: An easy woman

Fiz gig: A flirting girl

Cote a Shropshyre sheep: Cote is a small shed or shelter for sheep or birds, so the reference is to a shed full of sheep. Shropshire is a large, hornless, black-faced sheep of a breed developed in Shropshire England, and raised for meat and wool

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CURTAIN CALL: LEARNING ACTIVITIESLearning Activities

RESEARCH AND DISCUSSThe Music Man is set in a small Iowa town in 1912. What elements or themes of the story could only have happened in 1912? Why? Which are universal?

RESEARCH AND WRITEResearch the history of Iowa. What are some noteworthy facts about Iowa?

RESEARCH AND WRITEHarold Hill is a salesman. What did that occupation entail during 1912? How does the idea of being a salesman personify the essence of the American economy and the American dream?

MUSICMusic is such an important part of the Music Man. The children were trying to learn to play musical instruments. They used the think method, but here are some more tried and true methods of learning how to play an instrument. One method is by learning to read music. Teach your students the basic notes on the staff. Teach them the catch phrases that all musician learn

Treble Cleff the notes for the lines are E, G, B, D, F. We remember them with this sentence - Every Good Boy Does Fine The Notes for the spaces are F, A, C, E. We remember them by spelling the word - FACE

For the Bass Cleff or F Cleff, the lines on the bass clef are named G-B-D-F-A. One way to remember these notes is by the sentence Good Boys Do Fine Always. The notes for the Spaces A-C-E-G. The sentence often used is All Cars Eat Gas. Or All Cows Eat Grass.

SCIENCEDiscuss what makes instruments make lower or higher sound? What are sound waves and frequencies? Play different instruments for your students and have them determine which is higher or lower. Decide - if the instrument is higher, is the sound wave traveling faster or slower?

GEOGRAPHYDiscuss a traveling salesman route for 1912.Map out the route for the Wells Fargo Wagon. How long would it have taken to get there then compared to today?

BUSINESSWhat was the price of shipping something back then compared to today? Try to ship 76 Trombones today to Gary, Indiana and compare that with what it would cost shipping them in 1912.

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BACKSTAGE: ABOUT MUSICAL THEATREA Brief History

Live theatre is a unique experience that engages the audience much more than movies or TV. Musical theatre is the only genre of performance that fully utilizes acting, singing and dancing together to further the development of the plot.

Musical theatres roots can be traced back to ancient times, where

the Greeks used music and dance in their tragedies and comedies. Next, fast forward to the 1700s where comedic

operas were popular in Europe. In 1866, the first musical by modern definition, The Black Crook, opened in New

York City. In the 1920s, Florenz Ziegfelds famous Follies showcased star actors and actresses with extravagant sets and

costumes but was mainly a musical revue of popular songs.

The end of the 1960s saw changes in Broadway, like HAIR, one of

the first rock musicals. Unusual concept musicals such as Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Klebans A Chorus Line and Sondheims

cynical Company led to big-budget musical operettas like Claude-Michel Schnberg and Alain Boublils

international hit Les Miserables and Andrew Lloyd Webbers The Phantom of the Opera. Well known movie and

literature favorites like Disneys Beauty and the Beast (which premiered at TUTS in 1994) and Stephen

Schwartzs Wicked have been adapted into family-friendly, special effect spectaculars. At the same time, in reaction

to the rising ticket cost and flashy spectacle of Broadway, shows like Jonathan Larsons RENT aim for a less

polished, more personal theatre experience. TUTS was a part of the production enhancement team that moved

RENT from off-Broadway to Broadway, and continues to benefit from that association, presenting the original

Broadway and film leads in a special engagement in 2009.

Innovative new musicalslike the rowdy productionof Matilda and the fresh take on Roger and Hammersteins Cinderellahave been attracting and pleasing younger audiences.The revival of the beloved classic Annie starred a Theatre Under The Stars alum, Sadie Sink, in the title role and successfully creating a new generation of musical theatre lovers. Broadway audiences have also fallen head over heels for the Tony Award winning Kinky Boots, the story of a struggling shoemaker and his unexpected new businesspartner. Between movie and book adaptations, revivalsof past favorites and contemporary boundary-breakers,theres no doubt the Broadway musical is here to stay.

ORIGINS & FOLLIES

EARLY YEARS & THE GOLDEN AGE

CONTEMPORARY & MEGA-MUSICALS

WHERE ARE WE TODAY?

In 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein IIs Show Boat premiered, which featured complete integration of book, music and score to tell a story. During The Golden Age of Broadway, famous composers and lyricists churned out hits, like George & Ira Gershwins Porgy and Bess (1935), Rodgers & Hammersteins Oklahoma! (1943), Irving Berlins Annie Get Your Gun (1947), Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheims West Side Story (1957), and Cole Porters Kiss Me, Kate (1948).

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Putting on a Show

BACKSTAGE: ABOUT MUSICAL THEATRE

Whether youre a stage manager, actress, director, costume designer or composer, when it comes to putting on a musical, all roles are important. Heres a roadmap for getting a musical to Broadway.

Producers must find a show that their audience will enjoy and will want to purchase tickets to. They also need to plan the budget for the production. Producers rent a theatre and pay royalties to the composer, lyricist and writer of the musicals book for the rights to perform the show. One resource for discovering new musicals and connecting with the world of musical theatre is the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), which was founded by TUTS Frank Young in 1985. Please visit NAMT.org for more information.

The creative team includes the director, set designer, costume designer, choreographer and music director/conductor. Together with the producers, they discuss their vision for the show and how they will bring it to life on the stage.

The director and choreographer will hold auditions for the parts in the show. For most Broadway shows and tours, actors must be a part of the Actors Equity association and have an appointment, but sometimes an open call will be held. After the cast has been chosen, rehearsals begin. Actors must memorize their lines, songs and choreography before dress rehearsals and the shows opening. For information about auditioning for shows at TUTS, please visit TUTS.com.

If the show looks good after previews, it will open. Most Broadway shows perform several times a week at night and usually have a few matinees as well. Some shows have a specific closing date; other shows will continue performing as long as people are buying tickets.

GATHERING THE CREATIVE TEAM

CASTING AND REHEARSAL

PERFORMING FOR AN AUDIENCE

FINDING THE PERFECT MUSICAL

Choreographer the person who creates the dances and movement patterns for the show

Stage Manager the person who manages and takes care of the stage, sets and all special effects; directs the stage hands

Stage Hands technicians and trained individuals who work side stage and back stage before, during and after the show to make all special effects, scene changes and clean-ups happen.

Prop Master the person in charge of getting, storing, maintaining and sometimes creating the props used in the show.

VOCABULARY Audition: a tryout for performers.

Open call: a casting open to anyone without appointment

Dress rehearsals: rehearsing in full costume and full tech as though there is an audience.

Previews: performances before the show opens for a limited audience to test public opinion.

Matinee: an afternoon or early evening show.

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