Italy during Renaissance
Added music to theatre creating the Opera!Monologue: AriaTwo people: DuetChorus: Recitative
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjeQtbKFlHcStart at :50
Pre-Civil War in the South
Tap dance and Blues music was created by slaves mostly in the south.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVGu0visDbEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkD60wab3n4
Cake Walks
Competition put on by the plantation owners to see who could do the best impression of the master. Whoever won would win a cake!
Let the Cake Walk begin!
Golden Age
Combined song and dance to further the plot line.
Golden Age was kicked off by the American musical Showboat
SShowboat
Showboat separated musical theatre from opera and straight theatre.
The show dealt with difficult issues such as class, race, broken marriages, alcoholism and abandonment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWm-KYyZLYStart at 1:30
Oklahoma!
Rogers and Hammerstein More realistic than other musicals. Used Dream Ballet to tell character’s hidden
thoughts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D1loAVwiMc
Rogers and Hammerstein
King and I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgVPnWmUqd4
Sound of Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjobdArtiA
South Pacific http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzu8ZxBHMWk
West Side Story
Musical that put dancing into everyday activities.
Youth delinquency, racial violence, gangs, and murder.
There isn’t a happy ending. Oh, no!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2kStart at 2:52
Hair ended the Golden Age
1st rock musicalAbout Social revolution/decayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNbtAID5wM
1990s – 2000s
Disney cleaned up Broadway with traditional family values. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgZtzDj_7o
Musicals like RENT did the exact opposite. RENT valued alternative lifestyles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r2xXtSsPV0