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THTR 3011 1st Edition Final Exam Study Guide1970s: What’s going on?- Vietnam War ongoing- 1970: Kent State Incident—large social/media incident and protest at Kent State in protest of stuff going on in Cambodia; 100 shots fired—4 killed and many injured;- 1972: Watergate—Nixon Scandal; Watergate was were the National Democratic Convention was located; has spies break in to pull video and getscaught; - Not trust w/ in government- 1972: 70,000 troops pulled from Vietnam- 1972: Equal Rights Amendment—outlaws any discrimination based on sex- 1973: Vietnam cease fire signed- 1973: Roe vs. Wade—allowed women the right to women to have an abortion- Mid-1970s: Recession, unemployment up- 1970s: NYC and Broadway—hit hard by the recession1970s Musicals:- Company-1970- Jesus Christ Superstar-1971- Pippin-1972- The Rocky Horror Show-1973- A chorus Line-1975- Godspell-1976 (Telling of the story of Jesus)- Annie-1977- Sweeny Todd-1979Metatheatre—it is outside of theatre but references and comments on theatre (Ex:Hamlet—when they play is put on of the King killing his brother which is performed in front of the King himself as a way to comment on something).In the 1970s there is a lot more playing around with musicals—seeing what is working and what is not.Chicago- Premiere—1975 - Music—John Kander- Lyrics—Fred Ebb- Book—Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse- Choreography—Bob Fosse—intricate nature; seems simply but yet is complexand entertaining- “All That Jazz”—- “Both Reached For The Gun”—showstopper - “Cell Block Tango”- We see characters develop through choreography and lyrics—this is one way that the story line is developed throughout the performance- Ukraine ballerina is the only innocent prisoner who is hung- What is this musical speaking about?—massive distrust in government and politics and those in authority; the facts don’t matter; all about public opinion; brings attention to how all information is mediated by society/social media; humorous look into our justice system; obsession with fame and corruptionStephen Sondheim- Born in 1930 NYC- Parents divorced- Winner of 8 Tony’s Awards—more than any other composer- Won academy Award and 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sunday in the Parkwith George- Mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II- Music training at early age- Style sometimes criticized for not being “humble” enough- Works often portray darker side of humanity; complex characters—fatal flaw- Big proponent of concept musical- Music dictates the intention/emotions of the characters—this drives the themes; Lyrics drive to story- Major Works:1.) West Side Story (1957)—lyricist2.) Gypsy (1962)—lyricist3.) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962)4.) Company (1970)5.) Sweeny Todd6.) Into The Woods7.) Sunday In The ParkSweeny Todd- Loosely based on a Serial killer in London (potentially killed over 150 people before he was caught)- Melodrama—epitome of evil; no good qualities; cautionary—be careful on the streets- Christopher Bond turned it into a play—basis of version we saw- When it was written he wrote it in a way to be a chamber musical rather than a lavish set- Hal Prince was not interested in joining with Sondheim…but once he looked atit and talked it over with Sondheim he changed his mind- Elaborate set—pieces from an actual industrial factory; COGS used as a way to dehumanize people- Sweeny Todd—completely stripped of all humanity (just looking at his appearance)- Prologue—“The Ballad of Sweeny Todd”: The chorus is used in a way to introduce the characters for the play—all who are a part of Sweeny Todd’s demise; The characters in this scene are not portraying there characters—they are portraying something else. What is that something else?—setting up this cautionary story; setting up the themes of the play- Themes of Sweeny Todd: Love Lost, Revenge, Self destruction, What is Justice?, Deception, Man Devouring Man1.) Love Lost2.) Revenge—Sweeny Todd taking revenge on all those who are bad; avenge what was done to him 15 years prior; a charity for the world—killing who he can to rid the world of bad people3.) Self-Destruction4.) What is Justice?5.) Deception?—Barber is a killer, pies are made from human flesh; half of thecharacters have an alias (multiple names/multiple characters played by one actor)a. Anthony—Hair Personb. Benjamin Barker—Sweeny Toddc. Bandwagon Hair Man—Benjamin Barker’s assistant6.) Man Devouring Man—Pies contain human flesh; there is the literal act of man eating/devouring man; everyone is working on their own self-interest;“dog-eat-dog” world out there—everyone is doing it so you can’t avoid it. You need to jump on the bandwagon of get lost and left behind.- “Priest”—Lovett and Todd singing about becoming a team and making meat a.k.a. “flesh” pies togetherWhat was Sondheim saying about the time?—you cannot trust anyone; everyone is corrupt; everyone will do anything for love; it’s a “dog-eat-dog” world—you must do what you can to get what you want; “Group Think”—convince people tothink one thing or another—even if it is bad and people are getting benefits from it then people are going to think it is okay. Class involved—kills the high and mighty and serves it to the lowly/poor people of society. But then reversed this idea to not discriminate anyone—kill all; there is no reconciliation for anyone. There is no hierarchical idea—everyone deserves to die because we are all corrupt.The 1980’s: What’s Happening?- 1979: estimated that 75,000 people participated in National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights- New Right established: many frustrated by government’s influence; new line of conservative thinking—as little government interaction as possible- Ronald Regan is elected in 1980- “Reaganomics”—becomes extremely popular; his economic thinking and philosophies.- Major recession in early 80s; economic steadily improves through the 80s- 1981: MTV is launched- 1982: Wisconsin becomes 1st state to outlaw discrimination on basis of sexual orientation- 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev elected in Russia—helps end cold war- 1986: Space shuttle Challenger disintegrates- 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill- 1989: Berlin Wall comes downBritish Invasion- Huge spectacle, also known as the “Mega-Musical”—- Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber—hugely responsible for the idea of “mega-musical”- Joseph…


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