FINAL Flashcards

Question

The Lion King

Answer 1

Opened at New Amsterdam Theatre Director: Julie Taymor--utilized her experience with puppetry, which she studied in Japan and INdonesia; she was also interested in commedia dell'arte She believes children are more capable of comprehending abstract images than adults Taymor's influence: Beefed up storyline, gave more power to female characters, added South African to score Show won Tonys for Best Original Musical, Best Direction of a Musical (Taymor made history by being the first female to do so) No one except Disney knows what it cost to produce, estimates at approximately $20 million 1997

Answer 2

3-act musical revue of Bob Fosse's work--plotless and no chronological order Conceived/Choreographed: Ann Reinking Did not recreate numbers as originally presented--featured black & white costumes and understated set Won a Tony for Best Musical 1999

Answer 3

"Dance play" conceived by Susan Stroman and John Weidman Choreographed/Directed: Susan Stroman Won Tony for Best Musical, among others Caused controversy because it used pre-recorded songs rather than original music, actos do not sing, uses minimal dialogue (some termed it a ballet) As a result, new Tony category created: Best Special Theatrical Event Made up of 3 separate dance pieces, each set to pre-recorded music from Tchaikovsky, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and The Beach Boys to name a few 2000

Answer 4

Opened at Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in 1999 & moved to Palace Theatre on Broadway Disney commissioned Tim Rice and Elton John to write the score 2000

Answer 5

Opened in Chicago Moved to Broadway April 19, 2001 Immediate success Starred Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick Director/Choreographer: Susan Stroman Ticket sales plummeted when Lane and Broderick left--They returned for a limited engagement in 2003 2001

Answer 6

``` Won Tony for Best Musical Adapted from a 1967 minor film musical Story: Small town girl who moves to NYC to marry for money Starred Sutton Foster 2002 ```

Answer 7

Tony for Best Musical--won 8 Tonys out of 13 nominations Adapted from the 1980s film Songs include 1960s style dance music and rhythm and blues Rob Marshall was brought on in early stages to direct, but due to work on movie version of Chicago, he brought Jack O'Brien as director and Jerry Mitchell as choreographer 2002

Answer 8

Conceived, directored, choreographed by Twyla Tharp Won Tony for Best Choreography Songs provided by Billy Joel Story: Long Island young men and their experiences with Vietnam series of dances linked by a thin plot 2002

Answer 9

Largely inspired by Sesame Street--most characters performed by puppets Charcters are in their 20s & 30s, facing adult issues rather than pre-school ones Pushed boundaries of gender identity and race in a comical way Won several Tonys, including Best Musical 2003

Answer 10

Covers the backstory of the 2 witches depicted in the Wizard of Oz Composer: Stephen Schwartz Starred Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel 2003

Answer 11

One-act musical Started as a spoot of old musicals from the Jazz Age Originally starred Beth Leavel and Sutton Foster Won numerous Tonys 2006

Answer 12

Inflation was growing It became quite expensive to mount shows Revivals were a safe bet Many shows closed quickly if there was any doubt of success: Kept costs from mounting, some only lasted 1 night

Answer 13

Several big-name pop composers were contributing scores to Broadway: Elton John--Lion King and Aida, Billy Joel--Movin' Out Inspired rock sound on Broadway--Rent Walt Disney Company adapted format from Golden Age of Musicals--Success of these animated films prompted Disney to get into the Broadway business

Answer 14

Disney and other large corporations funded shows and made Broadway a more family friendly environment. They were originally met with opposition by the true artists of Broadway who felt these packaged shows weren't broadway material because they lacked artistic quality.

Answer 15

Recorded music: record players brought recorded music to nearly every household; this technology grew with cassette tapes, CDs, and mp3s Dance on film: Movie musicals in the 30s brought dance to a broader audience; films of Elvis and Frankie and Annette in the 60s gave social dance a boost; 80s movies like Fame Flashdance Footloose Stayin' Alive and Breakin' gave jazz dance a boost Dance on television: Amateur dance in the late 50s like "American Bandstand" caused enthusiasm in dance to grow; dancing in TV commercials & MTV--both created more jobs for dancers and made people want to dance more, also required more formal training

Answer 16

40s: Big bands and be-bop music which was hard to dance to, so jazz was in decline 50s: Rock n roll, and the monotonous downbeat and popularity of sock hops helped dance resurface 60s: Motown groups and Cholly Atkins who choreographed for them, and they preserved jazz by making certain dances popular, and dance studios were beginning to offer more classes 70s: Shows like A Chorus Line on Broadway which had dance as the primary focus, and that truly brought dance to the forefront of pop future 80s: Movies like Footloose and Fame made dance desirable, and the creation of MTV made dance the new craze, along with giving professional dancers new job opportunities

Answer 17

Gus Giordano: Marine in WWII, Broadway (Paint Your Wagon, On the Town), Began the Giordano Jazz Dance Company, Started Jazz Dance World Congress, Originator of the Giordano Technique Eugene Louis Facciuto (Luigi): A style of jazz that is classic sophisticated elegant and liquid fire, Created an exercise routine for his own rehabilitation Matt Mattox: Trained in ballet, Style is ballet Jack Cold modern flamenco tap, Developed London's jazz dance--Jazzart Joe Tremaine: Originated "west coast style", first competition/convention