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Musical Theater Miderm Review
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10/20/2010

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Flora
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The first musical theater performance in the colonies in 1735
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The Old America Company
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Earliest and most distinguished repertory company, Audience wanted to see singing and dancing, triple threats became stars
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The Beggar's Opera
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69 songs popular of the day, satire on corruption of England, song didn't overwhelm book, came to America in 1750
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1728
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Year in which Beggar's Opera was written
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John gay
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Wrote Beggar's Opera
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Gilbert and Sullivan
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Parents of Musical Theater, wrote comic operas
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HMS Pinafore
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1st smash hit, Captain's daughter and sailor fall in love on ship
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Pirates of Penzance
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Pirate falls in love with Mabel who is the general's ward
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Trial By Jury
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Hijinks in courtroom, bride sues for breach of promise
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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Unification of all works of art via theater
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Leitmotif
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Music introducing character
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Johann Strauss
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Known as the Waltz King, Wrote Die Fledermaus
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Victor Herbert
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Wrote operettas, organized society of composers, sued for royalties
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Sigmund Romberg
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Wrote 55 scores, Understood importance of book and story
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The Model for Operettas
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-Wholesome story with melodic music
-Romantic settings
-Sentimental situations
-Clean comedy
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Babes in Toyland
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Operetta written by Victor Herbert in 1903
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Naughty Marietta
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Operetta written by Victor Herbert in 1910
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The Student Prince of Heidelberg
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Romberg's longest running show of 1924, Drinking song
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Rose-Marie
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Written by Friml in 1924, Indian love call
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Vaudeville
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A show form consisting of unrelated acts following one another in succession
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Tony Pastor
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Opened a theater in 1865, variety acts that were family friendly
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Circuits
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Vaudeville toured on these
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After the Ball
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1st popular song to sell millions of copies that came out of Vaudeville
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Kiddie Acts
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Vaudeville kid acts
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George M. Cohan
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the toast of Broadway, writer of music that bridged spectacle, burlesque, minstrelsy, vaudeville to America Musical
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Father Jerry, Mother Nellie, Sister Josie, George
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The Four Cohans- top Vaudeville act
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Little Johnny Jones
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Patriotic show written by Cohan about cocky jocky
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George M!
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Musical about George M. Cohan's life
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Billing (Dog Billing)
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Undesirable spots were at the bottom, so low only dogs could read
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Low Comedy and the female anatomy
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Burlesque
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Wheels
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Burlesque companies toured on wheels (Eastern and Western), operated like wheel- a show would play for certain # of performances, then be replaced by next show
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Gypsy Rose Lee
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One of biggest stars of Burlesque
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The Minksy Brothers
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Brought about supremacy of the strippers- performing at _____ was height of success
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Lydia Thompson and Her Beautiful Blondes
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Huge hit from England, had no success on Broadway because of lack of morality
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Cole Porter
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Composer and lyricist of Anything Goes and Kiss me Kate
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Marc Blitzstein
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Wrote book to "Cradle Will Rock"
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WPA's Federal Theatre
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Designed to relieve unemployment, but recommended for its Living Newspaper
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Orson Welles
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Director of "Cradle Will Rock"
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John Houseman
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Revived "Cradle Will Rock' in 1983 with Patti Lupone
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Larry Foreman
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Protagonist in Cradle Will Rock
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Miser Mister
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Villain who owns everything in Cradle Will Rock
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The Moll
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Wistful streetwalker character in Cradle Will Rock
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Linda Lee Thomas
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Wife of Cole Porter
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Swanee
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George & Ira Gershwin, smash hit sung by Al Jolson in "Sinbad"
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Rhapsody in Blue
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Music for piano/jazz band by George Gershwin
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Of Thee I Sing
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First musical to win Pulitzer Prize
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Porgy and Bess
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Gershwin musical, Porgy falls in love with Bess
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DuBose Heyward
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Wrote libretto to Porgy and Bess
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Girl Crazy
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Gershwin Musical
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"My people are American, my time is today. Music must repeat the thought and aspiration of the times."
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George Gerswhin
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Crown
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A tough stevedore in Porgy & Bess
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Sportin' Life
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A dope peddler in Porgy & Bess
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Jerome Kern
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Composer who wrote songs for characters
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Princess Theatre
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Had sophisticated shows, stories close to reality of audience's lives
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P.G. Wodehouse
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Wrote "Bill"
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Guy Bolton
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Wrote books for Princess Theatre Musicals
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Sally
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Wodehouse, Bolton, and Kern collaboration, Biggest hit, starred Marilyn Miller
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Marilyn Miller
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Huge star of Ziegfeld Follies
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Kern's Crown Jewels
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Musical Theater built primarily on the text, Ambition & commitment to write good music, Determination to compose one's own music, A disciplined method, An uncompromising creative spirit
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Show Boat
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Written by Kern & Hammerstein, Perfect combination of book, music, and lyrics, Opened in 1927
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Julie and Steve, Gaylord and Magnolia, Cap'n Andy and Parthy, Joe and Queenie
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Characters in Show Boat
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Edna Ferber
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Novelist of Show Boat
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Algonquin Round Table
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Group met at hotel, group of thinkers
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Oscar Hammerstein II
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Believed plot should support everything
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Pal Joey
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First musical with anti-hero as hero
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Oklahoma!
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First integrated musical
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Annie Get Your Gun
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Opened in 1946, Berlin's most popular show
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