works of meredith wilson
-the unsinkable molly brown
-here's love
-1491
original production of music man
-opened in december 1957 in the majestic theatre
-ran for 3 years with over 1000 performances
-closed in april 1961
-won 5 tony awards
cast of music man
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other productions of music man
-australian production(1960)
-british production (1961) starring Van Johnson and Patricia Lambert
-2 week revival in 1965 at the New York City center
-Broadway revival(2000) starring Craig Bierko and Rebecca Luker
trends in musical theatre since golden age
1)british invasion
2)Disney Phenomena
3)Jukebox musicals
4)musicals from movies
5)tween musicals
6)preteen musicals
7)rock star musicals
british invasion
-andrew lloyd weber's production of cats-->known for its new marketing style
-andrew lloyd weber's phantom of the opera
-billy elliot with music by elton john
disney phenomenon
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jukebox musicals
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musicals from movies
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tween musicals
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preteen musicals
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rock star musicals
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what has happened since the golden age
1)age of great composers is over
2)not many notable new composers-William Finn(Falsettos) had promise, but has failed in recent efforts
3)promising composers-Lin Manuel Miranda(hamilton)/Paul and Pasek(Dear Evan Hansen
4)Few major stars in musicals-bernda
James Rado and Gerome Ragni
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Galt MacDermot
music for hair
aquarious, sodomy, manchester england
songs from hair
Apr-68
opening of hair
1979
film adaptation of hair
james lapine
wrote the book for falsettos
william finn
wrote the music/lyrics for falsettos
sitting watching jason play baseball, more racquetball, everyone hates their parents
songs from falsettos
1992
when falsettos opened
famous line from you've got to be carefully taught
racism is not born in you, it happens after you're born
composer of guys and dolls
frank loesser
composer of west side story
leonard bernstein
composer of my fair lady
Frederick Loewe
composer of godspell
stephen schwartz
composer of cabaret
john kander
composer of sweet charity
cy coleman
composer of fiddler on the roof
jerry bock
composer of bye bye birdie
charles strouse
composer of hello dolly
jerry herman
composer of pajama game
richard adler/gerry ross
composer of funny girl
jule styne
what country is kurt weill from?
germany
was kurt Weill a composer/lyricist?
composer
what is kurt weill's famous song and what show is it from?
mack the knife from the threepenny opera
which one of kurt weill's musicals is a concept?
love life
What was different about the placement of the songs in Lady in the Dark?
they were in dream sequences
dates of the golden age
1945-1970
3 reasons it was called the golden age
1)All the composers/lyricists/directors at the time were at their peak, all the stars had aligned
2)All the musicals had strong books/great stories behind them
3)There was huge audience popularity
3 reasons the golden age ended
1)The stars were not aligned anymore, the composers/lyricists/directors were not at their peak, weren't well, some were dead ? not replaced!
2)Rock n Roll
3)People found other forms of entertainment, mainly television
songs from funny girl
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songs from bye bye birdie
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songs from pajama game
-7 and a half cents
-hernando's hideaway
-there once was a man
songs from my fair lady
-why can't the english
-the rain in spain
-a hymn to him
-without you
songs from hello dolly
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songs from cabaret
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songs from godspell
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songs from sweet charity
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songs from west side story
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songs from fiddler on the roof
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