MT History Quiz #3

The importance of The Fantastiks

- ran 42 years off-bway

- minimalistic set

- most successful show in NYC

Composer/Lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof?

Music: Jerry Bock

Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick

Book: Joseph Stein

Composer/Lyricist of Cabaret?

Composer: John Kander

Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Composer/Lyricist of Chicago?

Composer: John Kander

Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Composer/Lyricist of Hello Dolly!?

Jerry Herman

Composer/Lyricist of Company?

Stephen Sondheim

Composer/Lyricist of Guys & Dolls?

Frank Loesser

What kind of musical was Company?

concept musical

Direction Style: A Chorus Line

Michael Bennett

Direction Style: Cabaret

Harold (Hal) Prince

Direction Style: West Side Story

Jerome Robbins

Direction Style: Chicago

Bob Fosse

Direction Style: Pippin

Bob Fosse

Direction Style: Hello Dolly!

Gower Champion

Sondheims 1st musical that he wrote both the music AND lyrics for

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The Wiz

- first all black cast

- first time black people felt fully represented on stage

Sondheim & Hammerstein II

Oscar Hammerstein II was Sondheim's mentor

Gypsy

- Ethel Mermen

- Based on a burlesque performer

- Heavy and controversial topics

- Rose's Turn

My Fair Lady

Wouldn't it be Loverly

A Chorus Line

One!

Why was Hair important?

- Broke the status quo for musical theatre

- was very experimental

- they did whatever the **** they wanted

Content Dictating Forum

Kander and Ebb

When and where the story takes places (content)

informs (dictates) the musical and/or theatrical style in

the play (forum)

Pastiche

Kander and Ebb

A song that indirectly (and flatteringly) mimics another song, musical style or performer's style

Framework

Kander and Ebb

Utilizing a particular style of

theater to tell the story and

helps create the world of the

musical (or play)

Vamp

Kander and Ebb

A musical phrase in the beginning of a song that repeats and establishes the tone and style of the rest of that

song

Cinicism

Kander and Ebb

Their well known shows deal with dark and uncomfortable subject matters with a cynical perspective

Songs have an upbeat feel but the lyrics communicate something else....

Concept Musical

"The kind of musical in which the overarching

metaphor or statement is more important than the actual narrative, in which the method of storytelling is more important than the story" (Strike Up the Band).

ex: Company, A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof

Sondheim Musicals

West Side Story (only lyrics)

Gypsy (only lyrics)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1st w/ music & lyrics)

Company (music & lyrics w/ Hal Prince)

Follies (music & lyrics w/ Hal Prince & Michael Bennett)

A Little Night Music (music & lyrics w/ Hal Prince)

Sweeney Todd (music & lyrics w/ Hal Prince)

Sunday in the Park w/ George (James Lapine)

Into the Woods (James Lapine)

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