MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: James Lapine, Fakelore, Playwrights Horizons
24 Apr 2017
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A musical is a broadly defined genre that refers to a type of performance made up of talking, singing and dancing. In other words, the theatre that speaks, sings and dances: a genre is a category sanctioned by convention, term was created around 1960. Overture act 1 (90-105 minutes) intermission e(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:859)a(cid:272)te act 2 (45-60 minutes) 16 musical numbers: 10 in the 1st act and 6 in the 2nd act. Most musicals begin with an overture: usually instrumental rather than vocal, captures the attention and favour of the audience, suggests the setting, period, atmosphere, style, previews the principal songs and the main theme of the musical. Most 2nd a(cid:272)ts sta(cid:396)t (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) e(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:859)a(cid:272)te. Most important points in a musical: beginnings and ends of each act. Musicals are highly collaborative art forms that bring together a large creative collective, which includes the composer, lyricist, book-writer, director, choreographer, producer, orchestrator, actors, musicians, set designers, lighting designers, stage manager, (cid:272)ostu(cid:373)e desig(cid:374)e(cid:396), et(cid:272) .
