THTR 3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Miss Saigon, Green Day, Passing Strange
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Hair, jesus christ superstar, rent, spring awakening, next to normal, passing strange, Direct action to the age of paranoia . Going against broadway by bringing this to broadway. Originally a concept musical (began as a concept) Goal: take sung through musical to new heights; sung through mega-musical . Different people singing totally different parts (used to mean they were singing similar words, but in harmonies, but in this production there are several different characters being voiced simultaneously) Hong kong has been governing itself since it was released from the british. China is now trying to take back control. 3 million dollars in tickets in one day. Making fun of the process of creating a broadway musical. Satirizing everything about what you learned in childhood. Starts with character who has just graduated from college with a ba in english (finding his purpose/looking for options) Riffing on everything against mainstream expectations for what you"re supposed to do with your life.
