: I have long held a theory about musicals. When a show works perfectly, it's because all the individual parts complement each other and fit together. No single element overshadows any other. In a great musical, the orchestrations sound the way the costumes look. That's what madeOklahoma...
Reiner's journey began in the late 1940s, when he performed in several Broadway musicals. His big break came in 1950 when he joined the cast of Your Show of Shows, a popular television variety show. This experience carved out his niche in comedy writing and led...
Since their collaboration in the 1940’s and 1950’s, their musicals have been viewed by many, and their songs have become classics. Although they were not the only innovators in musical theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote many popular musicals,used new techniques, and won many awards; ...
Though less productive in the 1930s, Hammerstein wrote musicals, songs, and films, sharing an Academy Award for his song with Jerome Kern, “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” which was included in the 1941 film Lady Be Good. Rodgers and Hart; Rodgers and Hammerstein By the early 1940s, Hart...
people of different social classes were interacting. People were looking for entertainment that matched the change in people’s sensibilities. During this period, musicals (which were labeled “musical comedies” at the time) were in the form of acceptable of guilty pleasures - the appeal of women...
Reiner's journey began in the late 1940s, when he performed in several Broadway musicals. His big break came in 1950 when he joined the cast of Your Show of Shows, a popular television variety show. This experience carved out his niche in comedy writing and led to his creation of the ...
In 1940, the park passed to the federal government. A year later, it became the center of an urban development plan led by Lucio Costa, the director of the National Service for Historic and Artistic Heritage, who proposed the construction of six residential buildings. Today, the buildings ...
Anne then spent six years in little theaters, stock companies, touring musicals, and such until she got her break as "Schultzie", the secretary on the "Bob Cummings Show." Before Hollywood, Anne spent a summer at the Cain Park Theater and a year at the Erie Playhouse in Erie, Pa. ...
musicals. While it is not a musical, a predecessor to documentaries that contribute to or contain the subject of musicals is the 1959 film Jazz on a Summer's Day. Since jazz is seen as a uniquely "American-based musical form," it can be seen as a forerunner to American musicals, ...
During the late 1940s, Copland became aware that Stravinsky and other fellow composers had begun to study Arnold Schoenberg's use of twelve-tone (serial) techniques. After he had been exposed to the works of French composer Pierre Boulez, he incorporated serial techniques i...