American Music Theater
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 minstrel shows | the first type of american musical theater; variety shows featuring banjos, skits, jokes, songs, etc |
| vaudeville | more sophisticated variety show; featured both men and women; white and african american |
| revue | a very fancy variety show with many dancing girls, elaborate choreography, and costumes |
| broadway | where shows that make it big go |
| victor herbert | first hit american musical composer; born in england; wrote operettas; "babes in toyland" |
| george m cohan | went against the elegance of operettas; became very popular in the usa; "patter" singing |
| ziegfield follies | revue in which many famous people got their start; lasted 30 years |
| irving berlin | famous musician/composer who was drafted into the army during WWI; famous for "im dreaming of a white christmas"; first to use ragtime music in musicals |
| tin pan alley | street in new york where many pianos could be heard trying songs out for different publishers |
| show boat | first musical based on an actual book |
| george gershwin | wrote "porgy and bess"; considered a folk opera, not musical |
| oklahoma | musical that established the ballet as an important part of the story and character development; first musical to have recorded soundtrack |
| west side story | musical based on "romeo and juliet"; first to use movement to help tell the story; music by leonard bernstein |
| the fantasticks | a 1960 musical that used a bare stage and used props and costumes to change scenes; narrator takes part in story and talks to audience |
| hair | established the rock musical as important; bold new patterns of lighting, staging, music, and dance |
| operetta | musical with more elegant, opera-like music |
| concept musical | focused on an idea rather than a story |
| rodgers and hammerstein | duo of famous composers and lyricists for musicals |
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