THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I Background on Absurdism II Edward Albee III Harold Pinter IV Samuel Becket Outline of Current Lecture I The Golden Age of Broadway II Oklahoma III Rodgers and Hammerstein IV Men and Women Who Made Broadway V West Side Story VI Gypsy Current Lecture I The Golden Age of Broadway a Never before has theater been such a driving force in culture b Songs on Broadway were popular c Playwrights were celebrities II Oklahoma a Writen by Richard Rodgers and Hammerstein b 1943 debut on Broadway c A universal masterpiece d First musical that is unified i Every component is working together to create one experience for the audience e Songs reveal character f Writen in a direct style that portrays what characters say i Not proper English ii More colloquial realistic g Tells story of 2 groups of people in Indian territory at beginning of 20 th century Ranchers vs Farmers III IV V VI h After this play people expected songs that revealed character and reasonable actions in other plays as well Rodgers and Hammerstein a Most successful song writing team in musical history b Collaborated in 11 projects c Famous Works Oklahoma Oklahoma South Pacific The King and I Sound of Music d Hammerstein dies before Rodgers Men and Women Who Made Broadway a Jerome Robbins choreographer and director b Leonard Beinstein composer c Mary Martin musical theater performer d Arthur Laurents playwright and director e Lerner and Lowe song writing duo My Fair Lady f Julie Styne very brassy in sound director and playwright g Ethel Merman musical theater performer h Shirley Jones performer i Gordon MacRae performer j John Rait k Irving Berlin composer and lyricist Alexander s Ragtime Band l Cole Porter composer m David Merrick producer over 200 Broadway musicals West Side Story a 1957 Broadway debut Sharks vs Jets Whites vs Puerto Ricans b Book by Arthur Lawrence choreography by Jerome Robbins music by Ernstein lyrics by Steven Sondheim i First time Sondheim is involved in Broadway very young c Contemporary writing of Romeo and Juliet i In west side New York d Not a happy ending musical e Places dramatic action within songs dances f Story telling stops in the songs dances after West Side Story g Most credit goes to Jerome Robbins choreographer Gypsy a 1959 Broadway debut b Book by Lawrence directed by Robbins music by Stein lyrics by Sondheim c Tells story of burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee d Considered the greatest American musical e Combination of comedy and drama f Mama Rose is iconic in musical theater
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