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Conducting Tips for Language Arts the program deals with minstrelsy, Each of the student cards can be used in les- which will require sensitivity when being Resources Teaching BROADWAY with Standards Lessons sons that deal with creative writing and theater. taught in class. ● Episode Three deals with Broadway musi- ● Card 1 invites students to write a new ver- with cals during the Great Depression and may Episode Two: sion of ’s lyrics for “My New WEB SITES be used in classes that deal with American SYNCOPATED CITY English/Language Arts Theater and Music BROADWAY: York.” history in the . BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL ONLINE Related Music on CD THE AMERICAN MUSICAL ● Card 2 deals with the use of -age slang Episode Five shows how musicals of the www.pbs.org/broadway The following English/language arts stan- Theater ● A Connecticut Yankee, (original ). , 2001. in song lyrics such as “Thou Swell,” from a American Theatre Wing dards apply when using these materials: 1960s such as not only dealt with The following National Theater Education Standards This educational package has been musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s A the period leading to Hitler’s rise to power, www.americantheatrewing.org Al . 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection, MCA, 2001. prepared to assist language arts, social A collection of ’s hits. interpreting texts; applying knowledge Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. but also used historical themes as a way of The Guide to apply when using these materials: analyzing and cri- studies, theater, music, and other arts of figurative language; understanding ● Card 3 asks students to construct a dealing with contemporary issues such as www.nodanw.com . Memories of You. Biograph, 2003. From 1910 piano rolls. teachers by providing lessons that can be tiquing theater productions; analyzing the role of the- biography for the Depression-era singer of the civil rights movement. Internet Broadway Database (1951 studio cast). and . Sony, 1998. diversity in language use; and participating used to supplement and enrich their ater in the past and the present; and understanding “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” www.ibdb.com classes. Each of six program-related cards ● Episode Six describes the financial side of . Let’s and Dance, Prism, 1998. in literary communities. The Public Library for the Performing Arts the visual arts in relation to history and cultures. includes brief biographies, song lyrics, ● Card 4 includes activities related to big-budget musicals and may be used in www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.htm Marx Brothers Sing and Play. Chansons Cinema, 2000. historical information, and discussion “Soliloquy” in . classes that deal with urban life, culture and No, No Nanette -The New 1925 Musical (1971 Broadway revival cast). For an overview of the National Council questions and activities. Two additional economics. The Organization For more information about high school theater ● Card 5 invites students to think about how www.rnh.com Sony, 1999. of Teachers of English’s standards, go to cards include creative writing and musi- writers have used historical fiction as a way Card 8 includes a list of Broadway shows that standards, go to www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ cal theater projects that will help deepen Tams-Witmark Music Library (1988 studio cast) a re-creation of the 1927 score conducted of dealing with contemporary issues. have historical themes and can be used to by John McGlinn, EMI, 1988. www.ncte.org/about/over/ students’ appreciation of one of www.tams-witmark.com teach/standards/standards_912.cfm#03 enrich history classes. standards/110846.htm America’s great art forms. The CD pro- In addition, Card 7 provides background information on the different types of songs in a www.tdf.org Episode Three: vides six key songs from Broadway’s Tips for Theater, Music and National Standards for Arts Education can be found at history, all included in these lessons. Broadway musical and includes creative I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’ Organizations that support We suggest you use the series and the writing activities. Card 7 also includes a list other Arts courses Musicals with Social Themes and Available Recordings Social Studies the Kennedy Center for the Arts’ ArtsEdge Web site. The series is a rich resource for theater, in-school musical theater programs educational package as follows: of Broadway musicals that are literary (1931). Political satire about a presidential election with music by Go to www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ American Alliance for Theatre & Education adaptations that can be used in English/lan- music and arts education. Cards for all of the George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. A CD of the 1952 cast recording is The following social studies standards ● Tape the program and watch it to www.aate.com teach/standards for more information. find the segments you would like to guage arts classes. episodes include biographies of lyricists, available on DRG Records. A full recording of the score and its sequel is avail- apply when using these materials: culture; use. Prescreening each program is composers and performers, and the series The American Musicals Project at the New-York Historical Society able on a two-disc CD set from Sony. www.nyhistory.org/education/amermuse.html time, continuity and change; people, recommended since a few segments Tips for Social Studies includes a wealth of information that can be New Americana (1932). A about the “Forgotten Man” featuring “Brother, Music deal with mature themes. used in theater, music and other arts courses. ArtsConnection Can You Spare a Dime?” The entire musical is not available, though “Brother, Can places and environments; and individual Each of the programs in the series corresponds www.artsconnection.org You Spare a Dime?” can by found on various compilation CDs. The National Association for Music Education’s stan- Quick program references for teach- development and identity. to a specific period in American history, and ● Episode One deals with the variety of Bravo TV’s On With The Show ers on Card 8 include scene lists can be used to enrich lessons that deal with (1933). A revue featuring songs and skits with music and dards that apply include understanding relationships for each program and note related musical theater in the early twentieth www.bravotv.com/On_with_the_Show lyrics by Irving Berlin based on topical headlines about celebrities and politicians American society and culture in the twentieth student cards and songs on the CD. century and crossover performers such Early Stages in the 1930s. A CD featuring the 1998 New York revival cast is available on Varese For more information about the National between music and other disciplines and understand- and twenty-first centuries. as Bert Williams and Brice. www.earlystages.org Records. ● Photocopy the cards and distribute Council for the Social Studies’s book, ing music in relation to history and culture. copies to students. ● Episode One deals with immigration, ● Episode Four discusses the creative Inside Broadway I’d Rather Be Right (1937). A musical comedy with songs by and Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum collaboration between lyricists and song- www.insidebroadway.org Lorenz Hart spoofing FDR and the New Deal; the entire musical is not available, ● Screen the program or related assimilation and popular entertainment and although songs such as “Have You Met Miss Jones?” have been recorded by For more information, go to writers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein. Center Standards for the Social Studies, go to segments in class. may be used in classes that deal with Frank Sinatra and others. www.citycenter.org www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm Episode Six invites students to think about www.socialstudies.org/standards. ● Play the related song from the American culture and society in the early ● (1938). A revue produced and performed by the International twentieth century. Please note that part of the practical realities of producing musicals. Online enclosed CD when appropriate. www.playbill.com Ladies Garment Workers Union by . The 1962 studio cast CD featur- ing is available on Sony. (1938). A left-wing parable by about labor and management; produced by the federal government and ultimately shut down EPISODE ONE EPISODE TWO RECOMMENDED READING, by it. The CD of the 1985 cast album is available on RCA; a 1999 film version about EPISODE FIVE EPISODE SIX VIEWING AND LISTENING the production of the musical directed by Tim Robbins called Cradle Will Rock is Give My Regards to Broadway Syncopated City available on VHS and DVD. Tradition (1893-1927) (1919–1933) GENERAL INTEREST (1957–1979) (1980–2004) brings non-traditional subject mat- At the turn of the century, New York City is With the advent of Prohibition and the Jazz Age, Books Episode Four: British imports like , Les Miserables and The fast becoming the crossroads of the world, and America convulses with energy and social change, OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN’ ter to the musical stage, and of the Opera are international blockbusters. Kantor, Michael and Laurence Maslon. Broadway: The American immigrants and first generation Americans such and nowhere is the riotous mix of classes and cultures paves the way for a new breed of director/choreog- With ’s triumphant re-imagining of The Musical. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2004. The series companion book. Related Music on CD Julie Taymor as Irving Berlin, Bert Williams, more dramatically on display than on Broadway. rapher who insists on performers who can sing, Lion King, Disney leads an astonishing resurrection of and George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld Emerging talents include Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Berlin, Irving. The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin. Edited by Robert Carousel, (original cast recording). Decca Broadway, 2000. dance and act. As rock ‘n’ roll, civil rights and . The smash hit musical comedy The Kimball and Linda Emmet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Jr. make their mark on the stage. With the onset Hart and George and Ira Gershwin. However, the Vietnam shake American culture, innovative produc- Producers offers tickets at an astronomical $480 each, of the First World War, ethnic songs give way to advent of “talking pictures” and the stock market Blank, Carla and Jody Roberts. Live On Stage! Palo Alto: Dale Seymour Adaptations tions like , Cabaret, and Sweeney Todd and after 9/11, Broadway’s corporate dominance con- patriotic numbers and the Broadway musical crash mark a turning point in Broadway’s feverish Publications, 1997. Both teachers resource and student editions. An Some famous plays or books that have been adapted into musicals: take musical theater in daring new directions. tinues to grow with big-budget shows such as . evolves into a uniquely American art form. expansion. introduction to theater for middle schools students and their teachers, (Loesser and Burrows, 1950). A musical comedy based on This program also features: This program also features: providing activities and vocabulary. the short stories of Damon Runyon. The 1955 film version is available on This program also features: , Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew This program also features: Citron, Stephen. The Musical from the Inside Out. New York: Ivan R. Dee DVD and VHS. , John Kander and Marilyn Miller, the Marx Brothers, Al Jolson, Lloyd Webber, , Jonathan , Oscar Hammerstein II, Publisher, 1997. A step-by-step introduction to how musicals are Fred Ebb, Michael Bennett, Bob , Eubie Blake and , Runnin’ Wild, (Lerner and Loewe, 1956). Based on a 1912 social critique, Larson, 42nd Street, , Sunday in Show Boat made. , , George White Scandals, , Pygmalion, by playwright George Bernard Shaw. The 1964 film version is the Park with George, La Cage Aux Folles, Cook, Wayne D. Center Stage: A Curriculum for the Performing Arts. available on DVD and VHS. Highlights include: “Fascinating Rhythm,” “” Highlights include: Rent, The Producers Palo Alto: Dale Seymour Publications, 1993. A “building blocks” West Side Story (Laurents/Bernstein/Sondheim, 1957). A modern-day update ● newly restored color footage Highlights include: approach to the performing arts curriculum for grades 4 through 6. ● Rare footage of rehearsing Highlights include: of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The 1961 film version is available on of The Ziegfeld ● performance footage of composer Eubie Blake for Hart, Lorenz. The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Edited by Dorothy Hart DVD and VHS. ● home movies of as a ● a specially animated sequence of and Robert Kimball. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995. ● Home movies from the original stage waiter before leaving his job to create Rent ● footage of Fanny Brice singing (Leigh and Darion, 1965). Based on Cervantes’ novel, Rodgers and Hart’s 1927 hit “Thou Swell,” from “My Man” Henderson, Mary. The City and the Theatre: A 250 Year Journey from Don Quixote. The 1973 film version is available on DVD and VHS. production of Chicago ● exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of A Connecticut Yankee Bowling Green to . New York: Watson-Guptil, 2004. Wicked in rehearsal and opening on Broadway

BERT WILLIAMS MARILYN MILLER Lerch, Louise. A Musical Theatre Anthology for Teens. New York: H. Episode Five: A CHORUS LINE WICKED Leonard Books, 2001. Sheet music for younger voices culled from TRADITION Broadway musicals. Wilk, Max. They’re Playing Our Song: Conversations with America’s The following are shows that deal with issues that go beyond their settings. Classic Songwriters. New York: Da Capo Press, 1997. Fiddler on the Roof (1964). The story of a small Russian Jewish village in 1905, this musical is also about the breakdown of cultural traditions and the struggle Related Music on CD among generations of family. The 1971 film version is available on VHS and DVD. Rated G. Broadway: The American Musical. Five-CD boxed set, Columbia Broadway Masterworks, 2004. Man of La Mancha (1965). Based on Cervantes’ tales of the deluded medieval knight, Don Quixote, the show deals with idealism and the need to follow “impos- Broadway: The American Musical. 21-track “best-of” single CD, Decca sible dreams.” The 1973 film version is available on VHS and DVD. Rated PG. Broadway, 2004. Cabaret (1966). Partly set in a Berlin cabaret called the Kit Kat Klub, the musical The Greatest Songs from the Musicals. Various artists, Soho, 2002. tells the story of how Hitler’s rise to power affects a small group of singers, Overture: American Musical Theatre series, vols. 1-4. Hugo Montenegro writers and their friends. The show can also be seen as a response to the civil & Orchestra, Bainbridge, 1992. rights struggles of the 1960s. The 1972 film is available on VHS and DVD. The Very Best of Broadway Music. Various artists, Metro Music, 2002. Rated PG. (Note: The film makes some substantial alterations to the story of the stage musical.) Episode One: 1776 (1969). A chronicle of the weeks leading up to American independence, this GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY show examines the nature of patriotism and commitment as well as slavery and antiwar sentiments through the eyes of the Founding Fathers. The 1972 film ver- 1 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 W D l E A T p C N S i . 1 0 e k . - l . . i c . . . . . d sion is available on VHS and DVD. Rated PG. a e . t e

m Books e e l . y h d e m a C a a o O P D W W A D E H Ⅺ I T P G _ a r t p s _ o n e o e e i o s _ p l l h r e n i s i o r _ l m Chicago (1975). Set in the 1920s, this musical deals with corruption, celebrity, e e On the Real Side by Mel Watkins. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 1999. d d s h h a t a l _ w p S i _ o r w a _ / i d a a s f V a i i e c m m d O _ r _ n s y c c c i d _ h e s s

l injustice, and amorality—all in a setting. The 2003 film version is avail- e History of African American performance. c h e _ _ t o l _ i e m r s h h h e a d _ e e i u e c e e g c _ _ u f o c _ o n t r _ l d r a n w a i e i r a

e able on VHS and DVD. Rated PG-13. h e d e _ _ w u a _ a o o v t _ ’ u e n u c s v n s x e by E. L. Doctorow, New York: Random House, 1975. Novel about s _ _ t l _ e e t l m _ h c e s n y m e t e : p i s s e _ _ a _ r f i z _ o e l t e _ l v o l c e a s _ _ o b a n Ⅺ _

s three different ethnic groups in 1903 New York (also a film and a musi- y y _ a r _ w i d _ _ l r t s t _ _ f t e t o d o _ d : _ i m _ u h i v i i u _ _ n s b _ _ e Y 1 r o u u _ e I _ m _ cal). i d e r c _ _ Episode Six: o n e e _ _ s n , r _ o r h _ e _ _ e ( O a _ _ a s d w C p _ _ h _ r o _ t i _ _ _ n y d _ t _ t _ n n i u o _ _ o U D _ PUTTING IT TOGETHER i w v _ _ s o _ _ t i World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe. New York: Harcourt Brace _ o _ _ u t y t r d s o _ _ w i _ e _ e _ ? u _ _ h n d _ R n _ _ s r _ _ _ s y t _ r _ r _ _ e u y u _ e a _ ) _ _ Jovanovich, 1976. Jewish immigration from Europe to America. t e m t _ _ t o _ _ o _ i _ _ s a h a _ u f l _ _ _ t

n Books F p s _ _ u _ u _ e u o _ _ _ a c i l _ d m _ _ g t r E s _ _ _ l _ d _ _ _ n t u o i _ e ? _ _ d 4 i n _ _ a i S _ E d _ _ n c _ _ y v _ s g _ n _ _ t o David Merrick, the Abominable Showman by Howard Kissel. New York: c _ _ t _ ( i u _ _ h a _ D i e _ r _ t e d _ e ? t B t Film and Videos l _ _ _ s a b _ _ e S e r _ i u _ _ r _ _ x e B d R _ _ Applause, 1993. A study of David Merrick. _ y m j _ i _ s a _ d t _ w _ c _ e _ a s Ⅺ u . _ _ o O _ e _ A _ c _ e _ _ e s _ c _ : l

i Please note that some recommended films are rated R. d _ _ u _ s _ _ h A _ l d _ _ l _ C m t _ l A e a _ _ l _ _ The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway by William Goldman. New York: _ _ e _ e _ f u D _ _ _ a u K i n t _ _ o _ a _ r _ _ r t n _ s _ _ _ r s W t t s _ _ h r _ t _ _ _ s

i Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. A comprehensive look at Broadway, e e t _ _ _ e e _ S n (directed by Robert Z. Leonard, 1936). MGM biography _ _ ) c o M _ _ f _ _ u a _ A _ , _ r _ g u B t _ _ a m _ _ t _ _ y i s _ a p

_ c. 1967-68. _ Y _ h r t a _ _ _ r _ _ R

E of Ziegfeld featuring Fanny Brice and many Irving Berlin songs. Available o _ e _ u o _ t e l _ : _ _ d e l _ e _ _ e _ _ u s _ O d _ r u A _ ? T _ _ _ s s _ a e _ _ ? _ _ r _ _

p on VHS and DVD. Not rated. A _ _ H _ e _

_ Everything Was Possible by Ted Chapin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. t N _ _ s ______h l _ _ T _ _ E _ D _ e e _ _ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ i _ _ h _ S _ _ _ s s Ⅺ _ _ W A A day-by-day journal of the production of Hal Prince’s Follies. ______r _ _ i _ a _ _ s _ (directed by William Wyler, 1968). Biography of Fanny Brice’s _ _ r a _ _ _ _ _ g M _ _ _ _ _ t _ o t A A _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ e _ _ u O e _ _ _ _ _ e E _ n _ _ Y _ _ rise to fame starring Barbra Streisand. Available on VHS and DVD. _ _ _ r _ _ i e _ _ t R _ _ _ _ d s _ _ i L _ _ h _ _ t _ _ _ n a ( _ _ I _ _ _ e h _ _ c O C _ e _ _ _ _

_ Film and Videos _ / Rated G. l _ _ _ _ _ ? e _ s _ W h A _ r _ Z ______T _ _ _ _ e N _ _ _ i _ _ i _ c _ _ _ _ p n _ N C _ _ _ c I ______o _ _ The Producers (1968). ’s original film. Available on VHS and DVD. _ T _ n M

_ The Godfather, Part Two (directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1974). Italian _ _ D _ k E _ t _ _ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ O _ h _ _ _ T c ______U _ _ a _ _

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_ immigrants in Little Italy, c. 1900. Available on VHS and DVD. Rated R. l ______S l _ _ a p _ _ _ o _ l _ _ U _ _ _ f _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ s r _ _ _ t n u C ______o _ _ _ h _ _ s _ S _ _ _ _ A e t _ _

_ All That Jazz (1979). Bob Fosse’s film about a director and his new musical. _ _ _ g _ _ ?

_ Hester Street (directed by Joan Micklin Silver, 1975). Jewish immigrants a u ______n L _ _ _ _ _ r _ _ _ t r _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ t _ _ a _ e _

_ Available on VHS and DVD. Rated R. _ _ _ s a _ _ I _

_ on the Lower East Side. Available on VHS. Rated PG. ______m _ . f _ _ ’ _ _ _ p ______y _ u _ _ _ _ s p ______o _ s _ , _ _ _ l _ _ _

_ Bullets Over Broadway (1994). ’s look at producing a show in the _ _ _ y _ Bamboozled (directed by Spike Lee, 2000). An intense satire of African _ _ _ u e ______) _ _ _ _ _ f _ _ ? _ _ _ _ _ w _ _ u _

_ 1920s. Available on VHS and DVD. Rated R. _ _ _ _ American performance role models. Available on VHS and DVD. Rated R. ______l _ _ _ _ o _ _ n ______u _ _ e ______l _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ _ s ______: ______This guide was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York The Series Publisher: Robert A. Miller Editor: David Reisman, Ed.D. The Broadway musical is one of America’s great original art forms. Designer: B.T. Whitehill BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL Writer: Laurence Maslon ONLINE Now the epic story of musical theater will be told for the first time on television. PBS brings Broadway to homes across the country in the unprecedented Assistant Editors: Risa Chase, Christina Draper, Debra Steckler www.pbs.org/broadway six-part public television series BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL. 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