week 1 Flashcards
what is a musical
broadly defined genre that refers to a type of performance made up of talking, singing, and dancing
a theatre performance that speaks, sings, and dances
what is a genre in musicals
catgeory santioned by convention
(expectations from the audeince)
which part of the muscial is most heavilty weihted
the forst half w 10 songs vs the second half w only 6
what is an overture
how muscials begin
played by instryments not usually sung
sets location, geography, era
catches attn of audience
hamilton overture
starts w 11 notes - very uncinventional
adds uncertainity, defys convention
audience on edge of their seat
into the woods overture
no overture, starts w narrator
entr’acts
sucking us back in after the intermission
shorter than overture
4 most important points of a muscial
beggining of act 1
end of act 1
begging of act 2
end of act 2
what is a broadway musical
a range of entertainments that has been produced in a designated commerical theater in NYC where a cluster of 4 dozen theatres create a comnpact rectangl centred on broadway between 39th and 54th st
what is london’s broadwat equivalent called
west end
phantom of the opera
longest running broadway musical
show boat yr
1927
oklahoma! yr
1943
love life yr
1948
west side story yr
1957
cabaret yr
1966
company yr
1970
into the woods yr
1987
hamilton yr
2015
dear evan hansen yr
2016
come from away yr
2017
who makes musicals
muscials bring together creators, artists, technicians, composer, lyricist, book writer, producer, director, choreographer, set designer, lighting designer, constume designer, orchestrator, stage manager, actors, musicians
what does the composer do
make the music
what does music do
establish setting/atmosphere/tone
convey, reinforce emotional or dramatoc action
personify, prefigure, prefict
trasnition
opportuity to dance
tell story
