Exam 3

Question 1

Jerome Robbins (5)

Answer 1

Composer; crossover ballet & Broadway, “tyrannical”, perfectionist, method acting in WSS, build on deMille (Musicals: On the Town 44, Peter Pan 54, WSS 57, Gypsy 59, Fiddler 64)

Question 2

Leonard Bernstein (3)

Answer 2

Classically trained composer, Conducted for NY Philharmonic, Known for bridging gaps between musicals/operas/symphonies/popular music (Musicals: On the Town 44, Candide 56, WSS 57)

Question 3

Arthur Laurents (4)

Answer 3

Playwright/Librettist; Broadway director & Screen Writer for the Way We Were 73 (Musicals: WSS 57, Gypsy 59, Anyone Can Whistle 64)

Question 4

Stephen Sondheim (characteristics)

Answer 4

Composer/Librettist; Father left, Mentored by Hammerstein, Experiments with Narrative/Active Songs/Non-traditional Love Stories/Dark Humor/Complex Witty Lyrics/Outsiders

Question 5

Stephen Sondheim (musicals; 9)

Answer 5

West Side Story (57, lyrics), Gypsy (59, lyrics), A Funny thing Happened… (62), Anyone Can Whistle (64), Company (70, music & lyrics), Follies (71), A Little Night Music (73), Pacific Overtures (76), Sweeney Todd (79)

Question 6

Harold Prince (2, 4)

Answer 6

Produced: West Side Story (57) and Fiddler (64); Directed/Produced: Cabaret (66), Company (70), Phantom (88), Showboat Revival (94)

Question 7

“Bock and Harnick”: Jerry Bock

Answer 7

Classically trained composer, Music came first, Unique sounds to suit situations

Question 8

“Bock and Harnick”: Sheldon Harnick

Answer 8

Classically trained musician/lyricist, Wrote active songs, “The gentlest lyricist”

Question 9

“Bock and Harnick”: Musicals

Answer 9

Fiorello (59), Fiddler on the Roof (64)

Question 10

Jerry Herman (3)

Answer 10

Composer/Lyricist, 3 musicals ran 1500 + (Musicals: Hello Dolly 64, Mame 66, La Cage Aux Folles 83)

Question 11

Michael Bennett (2)

Answer 11

Choreographer/Director; Began as a dancer in a chorus, Innovative approach, Paid chorus girls $1 to tell their stories (Musicals: A Chorus Line 75, Dreamgirls 81, Company 70)

Question 12

Bob Fosse (5)

Answer 12

Groundbreaking musicals from 60s-70s, Works reflected a desire for sexual freedom, Unique stylized dance style (small isolated gestures etc.), First person to win top honors in stage/film/television (Musicals: Sweet Charity, Pippin, Liza with a Z, Chicago, All That Jazz)

Question 13

Cy Coleman (1)

Answer 13

Classically trained composer, Overshadowed by more famous people (Fosse, Fields), Changed sound to suit character, Strong female leads (Musical: Sweet Charity)

Question 14

West Side Story (year, collaborators)

Answer 14

1957; Jerome Robbins (director/choreographer), Bernstein (music), Laurents (book), Sondheim (lyrics), Prince (producer)

Question 15

West Side Story (innovations)

Answer 15

(Lost all Tony’s to the Music Man) Innovations: Choreography (principle’s dance, no chorus), Music (complex, leitmotif), Challenging subject matter, Fully integrated musical (triple threat performers), Legacy (parodied a lot)

Question 16

Candide (year, collaborators, song)

Answer 16

1956; Bernstein (Music), Lilian Hellman (Book); Often called an operetta, Based on Voltaire, Optimist worn down by the world (Song: Life is Full of Happiness)

Question 17

Fiorello (year, collaborators, trivia, song)

Answer 17

1959; Bock and Harnick; Pulitzer Prize winner, Based on Fiorelo LaGuardia (Song: The Name’s LaGuardia)

Question 18

Fiddler On the Roof (year, collaborators, based on)

Answer 18

1964; Jerry Bock (Music), Sheldon Harnick (Lyrics), Joseph Stein (Book), Jerome Robbins (Choreographer/Director); Based on Shalom Aleichem about Tevye the Milkman

Question 19

Fiddler On the Roof (songs)

Answer 19

Tradition, If I were a Rich Man (“I wish” song), Anatevka, Avenue Jew

Question 20

Hello Dolly (year, collaborator, actresses, song)

Answer 20

1964; Jerry Herman (Music/Lyrics); Carol Channing/Barbara Streisand/Mary Martin/Pearl Bailey, Adopted from a Thorton Wilder Play (Song: Before the Parade Passes By)

Question 21

Mame (year, collaborator, song)

Answer 21

1966; Jerry Herman (Music/Lyrics); Unconventional, Angela Lansbury was actress, (Song: Bosom Buddies w/ Bea Arthur)

Question 22

La Cage Aux Folles (year, collaborator, song)

Answer 22

1983; Jerry Herman (Music, Lyrics); Based on a French film (Song: We Are What We Are/ I Am What I Am)

Question 23

Company (year, collaborators, as a concept musical)

Answer 23

1970; Sondheim (Music/Lyrics), Furth (Book), Prince (Director/Producer), Boris Aronson (Set Designer), Bennett (Choreography); First to be called a Concept Musical (Central idea- Bobby, Auteur- Prince, Made all characters play instruments)

Question 24

Company (songs)

Answer 24

Songs: The Little Things (Brechtian Alienation), Being Alive (Active Song), Company, Another Hundred People (Concept), Not Getting Married

Question 25

Chicago (year, collaborators)

Answer 25

1975; Kander (Music), Ebb (Lyrics), Fosse (Choreography); Experimented with form, Cutting-edge content, Ahead of their time, Based on a play, Used Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera

Question 26

Other Kander & Ebb Musicals (6)

Answer 26

“Flora the Red Menace” (65) w/ Prince, “Cabaret” (66) w/ Prince and Aronson (Songs: Wilkommen, If You Could See Her, Cabaret), “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (93), Scottsboro Boys (10), “All That Jazz”, “Fosse” (Won a Tony)

Question 27

Sweet Charity (year, collaborators, song)

Answer 27

1966; Cy Coleman (Composer), Neil Simon (Book), Fields (Lyrics), Fosse (Director/Choreographer); Song: “Hey Big Spender”