Fly Over View of Musical Theatre History a Journal to Record Your Travels
Fly Over View of Musical Theatre History A Journal to Record Your Travels
Name ______Where is the birthplace of theatre?
Who was the first actor?
Name one of the Greek playrights:
How many actors were in the play?
What did the chorus do?
How did Rome change the Greek plays?
Reflect on your thoughts if you were an audience member watching one of these dramatic productions:
What did the Christian church think about theatre?
What role did the dancers have to play?
Describe the music and lyrics of Medieval Theatre:
Where were performers allowed to play?
Italy What did the Italians do to Greek theatre during the Renaissance?
What did it become?
What is the role of music in these productions?
Name two ways musical theatre is different from opera:
Name two different art forms that the slaves in the South gave us:
Describe what a Minstrel Show is:
What inspired Minstrel Shows?
Who performed in Minstrel Shows and how were they costumed?
Why is there controversy about Minstrel shows today? Given these thoughts, why do you think Black slaves would participate in Minstrel shows in their day? Minstrel shows eventually expanded into what form of entertainment?
What types of acts were included in a Vaudeville show?
Where did they perform?
Who were the guys who started writing mocking operettas in England?
Name one operetta written by them:
Why are they important?
What show is considered the 1st American musical?
Why was it important?
What was different about Oklahoma! from Showboat?
What scene was in Oklahoma! that took 15 minutes?
Who wrote Oklahoma!? What are some of the other shows they wrote? Who were the most influential playwrights of the Golden Age?
Name at least 2 other Golden Age musicals:
What Shakespeare play was West Side Story based upon?
What innovations came about from West Side Story that affected musical theatre?
Why was West Side Story so influential to musical theatre and to audiences?
What happened in the 1970s and 80s in musical theatre?
What popular new production style was introduced during this time?
What new genre of musical also became popular specifically in the 70s?
What art form became a stronger focus for musicals in the 80s? What division took place in the 1990’s and 2000’s?
What was the controversy about?
Who got involved with making musicals now?
Name three musicals produced in the Corporate theatre era:
Two genres came out of the 2000’s to present day. Can you name them?
Name two musicals that were adapted from either a book or a movie:
What do we call the genre of musicals that is created by taking a collection of al- ready proven hit songs and creating a plot and show to connect them all?
Reflect on your journey through musical theatre history. What did you enjoy the most? Were there things you didn’t like, or agree with? How do you feel about pre- sent day musical theatre?