History of Broadway (Midterm 1)

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Forerunners (Early 1900s)

Vaudeville

Operetta (90% sung through | Recitative)

Follies Revues (Florenz Ziegfeld) Broadway

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Show Boat (1927) First Musical

Music by Jerome Kern - “spirituals,” “operetta,” “Hat & Canes”

Lyrics & Score - Hammerstein

Edea Ferber - (Novel)

Takes place over 40 years

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“Off thee I sing” (1931)

Composed by George Gershwin

Written by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind

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Oklahoma (1942)

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Choreography - Agnes de Mille - Made a "Dream Ballet"

Originally called “away we go”

First-ever Cast Album

Comedic Sidekick: Jud, Curly, Will Parker, Laurey

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Carousel (1944)

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Based on Liliom (Novel & Play)

Deals with DV

Very dark; audiences didn’t like it

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South Pacific (1949)

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Won a Pulitzer Prize & 10 Tony’s

Set on South Pacific during WWII

Explores romance and prejudice through two love stories

Cable dies | You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

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The King & I (1951)

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Based on Margaret Landon’s Anna and the King of Siam

A British schoolteacher who is hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country

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Sound of Music (1959)

Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun.

Escapes Nazi Germany with Captain von Trapp