Musical Theatre

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Musical Theatre

• The History and Legacy of Western Culture

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The Creative Stuff

• Choreography
• Costumes
• Stage Setup
• Lighting

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Musicals

• Music
• Lyrics
• The Book

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The Greeks Bright Idea

• 5th Cen. BC
• Music and Dance on Stage -Comedies and
  Tragedies
  
• Love, gods, fate, law, society

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Modern Theatre

• THE BLACK CROOK
• 1st of Modern Theatre (1866)
• 5 ½ Hours!
• Broadway, NYC
• Drama Ballet

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Rogers and Hammerstein

• 1st Work Oklahoma
• One of Biggest Hits The Sound of Music

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Disney

• Movies into Musicals
• Beauty and the Beast
• The Lion King

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Disney

• Original Stage Productions
• Aida

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Rock Musicals

• Rent
• 1996
• AIDS, Sexuality, Survival

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Birds Eye Perspective

• Musical Theatres 3 main Components Music,
  Lyrics, the Book
  
• Began with Greeks
• First Modern Theatre Show The Black Crook
• Influences Rodgers and Hammerstein and Disney
• Mirrors Western Culture (Rent)