MUSC 345 Final
little shop of horrors
made for off broadway based on a rock bottom budget movie alan menken book and lyrics by howard Ashman ellen green in lead role frank oz directed narrating trio functioned as a greek chorus
how to succeed in business without even trying
music by frank loesser ambitious big commercial success in 1961 made from a slef help book won a Pulitzer prize for drama
tommy tune
nine adapted from the Italian movie eight and a half all female except for 4 boys revived in a new staging "unusual way" grand hotel adapted from an old play and movie in the 1930s lots of lives intersecting as they stay in the grandest hotel in berlin "take a glass together"
south pacific
novel in effect a collection of stories james mariner's stories of the south pacific, selected two of the stories for their main plot, Joshua logan directed it wanted stars as the two leading roles, also presented by theatre gilde
Mary Martin
one of the stars in south pacific and annie get your gun she played mellie opposite ezio pinza,
tiotanic
one of the things that pulls of successfully is like gypsy where take a concept and the audience already thinks about and instead make them forget "godspeed titanic" didn't do well in opening but won 5 tonys
follies
opened in 1971 music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by james goldman one word title with multiple meanings takes place in 1971 sally Phyllis buddy and ben are the main characters plot songs and diegetic songs
bob fossy
particular fossy style dance stylized isolation necessary technical training more overtly sexual and individual kiss me kate sweet charity Chicago
cabaret
produced hall prince now directing one of his first jobs was she loves me boris erinson is the set designer new songwriting team john kanor and fred edd is a concept musical won a bunch of academy awards for cinematography audience sees the musical as just another act in the cabaret
hair
published play anti-Vietnam not necessarily in danger of being drafted one of the last times a new musical had a number of songs played on the radio, rado and ragni are th authors they also had parts in the cast
twin soliloquys
solved the problem of having two such different voices in a scene but not actually having them sing togetherdoesn't count as a hypothetical love song
west side story
some songs written for each other like "one hand one heart" Arthur Lawrence is the playwright Jerome robins is the choreographer Stephen sondheim originally a composer was hired to write the lyrics premier in 1957 didn't become a success until 1961 mostly new cast in the movie
I do I do
story of a marriage from their wedding day to when they move out of the house written by Schmidt and jones
wicked
take on oz by Stephen Schwartz based on the McGuire novel
light in the piazza
takes place in Florence with mentally challenged daughter and wealthy to do mom who tries to guard her from falling in love with an Italian man ":statues and stories"
bloody mary
th character in south pacific who is a survivor who has to look out for the welfare of her daughters
someplace green
the I want song in little shop of horrors
110 in the shade
the music man with rain con man comes and promises that he can bring rain based ont he book the rainmaker
lin-manuel Miranda
composer and lyricist of Hamilton "the room where it happens"
john kinder and fred ebb
composer and lyricist of cabaret "willkommen"
leonard Bernstein and Richard Wilbur
composer and lyricist of candide "glitter and be gay"
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
composer and lyricist of carousel (bench scene"if I loved you")
Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Sondheim
composer and lyricist of company "company
henry kreiger and tom eyen
composer and lyricist of dreamgirls "Cadillac car"
Sondheim and Sondheim
composer and lyricist of follies "who's that woman?"
frank loesser and frank loesser
composer and lyricist of guys and dolls ' act 1 finale"
jule styne and stephen Sondheim
composer and lyricist of gypsy " rose's turn"
Frederick loewe nd alan j lerner
composer and lyricist of my fair lady "lesson sequence" "the servents chorus": "the rain in spain"
maury yeston and maury yeston
composer and lyricist of nine " unusual way"
Jason Robert brown
composer and lyricist of parade "the old red hills of home":
Johnathon Larson ans Johnathon Larson
composer and lyricist of rent "light my cnadle"
jerry bock and Sheldon hernick
composer and lyricist of she loves me "ice cream"
Harvey Schmidt and tom jones
composer and lyricist of the fantastiks " try to remember"
Meredith Wilson and Meredith Wilson
composer and lyricist of the music man "ya got trouble"
leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
composer and lyricist of west side story "tonight"
marvin hamlisch and Edward kleban
composer andlyricist of a chorus line " at the ballet:
avenue q
conceived by Robert lolpez and jeff marx book by jeff whitty directed by Jason moore wny tony for best musical is done with puppets
fiddler on the roof
directed and choreographer by Jerome robins books by stein were worried it was too heavy and too jewish
urinetown
dystopian future where touilets are only public and you need to pay to use them
gypsy
fiarello and the sound of music tied for a tony the same season as this. patti lupone as the mom, "some people" is the I want song "baby june and her news boys" transition showing the aging in the vaudeville circuit "everything's coming up roses" "you gotta have a gimmick" "rose's turn"
hypothetical love song
how to get your main characters to sing together before they are in love
If I loved you
hypothetical love song in Carousel, within the bench scene
merrily we roll along
lends itself to amateur productions and gets done a lot for that reason closed in 2 weeks 1981
lerner and lowe
lyricist and librettist, and composer big hit with Brigadoon movie musical gigi and final collab with Camelot came to an end in the 60s
Stephen Flaherty and lynn erans
----- also did Anastasia
the last five years
1 act 90 minutes orchestra of 6 story of a 5 year relationship "still hurting: " a summer in ohio"
the king and I
1951 also a story about two different people based on a book that had already been filmed non musically English woman came to visit Thailand to be governess Rodgers and Hammerstein with Gertrude Lawrence as the leading lady her costar was yule briner Jerome robins was also involved
sweeny todd
1979 the demon barder of fleet street Sondheim himself originated the idea won a tony for best musical
William Flynn
1981 writes lyrics as well as music turned out off beats sort of music off broadway march of the flsettos opening number four jews in a room bitching
Johnathon Larson
1996 gave us rent based on an opera called la boheme
bye bye birdie
Charles strouse as composer lyricist lee adams took inspiration from elvis bein initiated into the army "honestly sincere"
carousel
Hammerstein as librettist and lyricist presented by theatre gilde, billy bigelow as the main character realizes he will be a father commits suicide is given a second chance after he messes up with his daughter, scenes done in semi operatic style soliloquy is a solo by billy, The carousel waltz is an orchestral piece and if I loved you is the hypothetical love song
parade
Jason Robert brown about a murder acusal and the aftermath a patriotic rallying song is sung" the dream of atlanata: libretto Alfred yuri
the golden apple
Jerome ross lyricist and john letush continuous music sung without recitative interlocking one with the next the story takes place around 1900 in Washington state as men come home from Spanish American war "a lazy afternoon"
the music man
Meredith Wilson had been a radio personality wrote a symphony or two this was his first musical, classic American tale the con man comes to town and turns it all around, Robert preston plays the main character "rock island" on the train "goodnight my love" "76 trombones" melodies are similar and basically sung the same subtle musical message that the characters are right for each other
guys and dolls
composer and lyricist frank lesser :runyonland" song that fades into trio for three men looking at the races information "the oldest establishes" Nathan Detroit runs an illegal floating craps game and hopes to win a bet against sky masterson he is bet to take sarah brown on a date to Havana, "my time of day" intro recitative to their shared song "I've never been in love before"
Michael bennet
choreographed company choreographed and directed follies a chorus lone and dreamgirls
Agnes demille
choreographer of ballet for carousel
candide
comic opera based on Voltaire satire preposterously horrible things keep happening to such an extent it becomes funny again collaborated with playwright Lillian hellman and lyricist Letush succeeded by Richard, Bernstein is the composer "all's for the best in this best of all possible words" sung before the wedding "oh happy we" in a duet written in 7s "glitter and be gay": is another song
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
composer an lyricist for south pacific "a cockeyed optimist"
Frederick loewe and alan jay lerner
composer and lyricist of Brigadoon "come to me,bendto me" "song" "ballet"
john kinder and fred ebb
composer and lyricist of Chicago" all that jazz"
the overture
a medley of 3 or 4 songs expected to be hits that are played at the beginning of the musical as the cast gets ready to perform theme 1 theme 2 theme 1 and 2 and then a coda
the fantastiks
a new sound a small cast with no chorus off broadway based on a French play the romantic sirano birjareck "try to remember"
a funny thing happened on the way to the forum
adapted from the roman theatre three houses on a street each with their own doors to the inside book by burt shevelove and larry gilbert Jerome robins didn't get credit for the show "comedy tonight" Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics again
my fair lady
allan lerner lyricist and librettist and Frederick lowe as the composer monster hit event took over what Oklahoma had been at its time based on play by George Bernard pigmalion phonetics professor tries to teach low class woman how to speak like the wealthy and blend in Audrey Hepburn played eliza in the movie
Floyd Collins
based on 1995 story about a cave climber who got stuck "ace in the hole" "the call"
she loves me
based on Hungarian play perfumerie cast of 8 main characters "sound while selling" "three letters:" "where's my shoe"
sunday in the park with George
based on a painting by serat marked a new collaboration in sondheims's career james lepine was the playwright and also director later they did another show together
Chicago
based on an a play by the same name women prisoners in Chicago who were becoming cult publicity celebrities ginger rogers as roxie hart similar to cabaret in the sense that they announce what kind of song it is before it is performed dance ion the movie is in fossy style "all that jazz" "mr.cellophane" "all I care about is loving"
ragtime
based on novel by El Doctorow some characters are real and some are made up done in long paragraphs a tapestry of stories several plots that entertwine wealthy upper class in new Rochelle, black people of harlem discovering ragtime, jewish immigrants, opened in 1992, lots of music
a chorus line
bennet sat down with his friends and gathered stories and turned it into a libretto with james Kirkwood composer marvin hamlisch began the practice of pinpoint lighting "I hope I get it"
dreamgirls
bennets last big achievement before he died of aids musical drama recitatice between big numbers In character for the style and place mechanized scenery female trio "Cadillac car"
marge and gower champion
bye bye birdie hello dolly and 42nd street
Lucky stiff
cast of 10 all do chorus and solo work 1st presented in 1988 off broadway filmed 3 years later not the sort of thing you'd expect to be filmed Flaherty and Erans, rolls dead man around in wheelchair to enjoy monte carlo as playing out the acts stated in his will, dogs are featured heavily, something funny is going on is when the studio cast opening introduces characters as who they'll be played
greek chorus
the type of chorus that comments from the sidleines
11 o clock number
two hours into the musical is the number to wow the audience does not have to be plot dependent
