THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I West Side Story 1957 II Fiddler on the Roof III Cabaret IV Hair V A Chorus Line VI Bob Fosse Outline of Current Lecture VII Cameron Mackintosh VIII Disney IX Composer Jonathan Larson X Wicked 2003 Current Lecture I Cameron Mackintosh Costs more to produce a musical on Broadway than in London Theatre Cats derived from a bunch of short stories by T S Elliott Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber totally unconventional almost no storyline families could now go to the theatre together These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Les Miserables Miss Saigon The Phantom of the Opera His approach to promotion was both radical and simple the ads for his shows carried no quotes only the sleek unforgettable logos believes that ever 20 30 years you have to break the rules and reinvent musical theatre II Disney success began with Beauty and the Beast Michael Eisner New Amsterdam theatre restored saved 42nd street theatre Lion King not about race and all about race at the same time III Composer Jonathan Larson tried for the longest time to get a play put on Broadway wanted to reinvent theatre with the influence of rock n roll had huge influence of friends deaths from AIDS RENT night before first showing Larson dies of heart problem he became part of the show taught a lot about moving forward and about dealing with loss IV Wicked 2003 14 million to produce 2nd Broadway musical backed by Orlando Studios huge labor intensive production tried out 1st in San Francisco tested out first on other stages to decide if things needed to be changed After first showing on Broadway reviews were mixed Broke box office records though so it didn t matter
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