American musical theater has roots in vaudeville and burlesque. After the turn of the 20th century, George M. Cohan wrote the first true American musicals. According to the website Theatre History, “Not only were the settings and characters of Cohan's musicals thoroughly American, but...
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American Theatre History The Two Area’s of theatre where American really excel: Musicals and Film The first original theater work of note in America was Uncle Tom’s Cabin. (1882) The musical production that began musical theater was Oklahoma! 1944 American Theatre History America’s first grea...
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A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE BETWEEN 1955 AND 1965: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.The purpose of this study was to select a period in American history (1955-1965) and representative American musicals from the same period to compare the underlying values communicated through the ...
Critical discourse regarding musical theatre takes, for the most part, the form of a profound silence, due presumably to a dismissal of the genre as simplistic and insubstantial. Not only have the elements of musical theatre been present in the majority of theatrical history, but many of the ...
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Compare and contrast the American musical theatre in the 1920s with that of the 1930s. How did each reflect and absorb its era? What forms & styles were dominant, what was the same, what was different and why? Do we see elements from these decades in shows today? Use examples from spe...
It gives such information as the songs' authors, original performers, and dates and history of recordings. Each song is described and briefly analyzed, explaining how the song fit in the original production and what is notable about its music, lyrics, and presentation. Thoroughly indexed by song...