THEA-2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerome Kern, Musical Theatre
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Jerome kern a: george gershwin, cole porter, richard rogers. Lyrics were witty and intelligent: sometimes light and romantic and patriotic. Usually featured chorus girls: advances in musicals, showboat by jerome kern and oscar hammerstein (1927) a. i. Shows story which traces fortunes of main character with clear beginning, middle, and end (sometimes serious topic: oklahoma! First integration of music, dance & story: carousel, south pacific. Strong message o racism interracial relationships: the king and i. Racism, gang violence, poverty: the sound of music: nazism, fiddler on the roof (1964): considered last book musical & end of. 1st rock musical departed from book musical. Hippie culture: jesus christ superstar (1970) Other rock musicals from 1960-70s: grease, pippin", the rocky horror picture show, the wiz. Concept musical: the production is built around an idea or concept rather than a story: follies, company. Into the woods (1987: by stephen sondheim, dark fairy-tale musical, most frequently produced sondheim musical.
