Music 2701A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alan Menken, Tim Rice, H. L. Mencken
17 Oct 2018
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Big budget, big set, big ensemble, very popular, all about visual, cultural event, little dialogue, lots of marketing behind them. Times square didnt used to be as commercial, more sketchy. Disney started coming to broadway when it started to get cleaned up. When they released beauty and the beast they had plans to make it a broadway musical. Only animated movie to be nominated for best picture oscar. Won oscars for best song and best score. Happy to see a strong intelligent female character after the lead in little mermaid. Other critics thought it was too heavy handed feminist, the beast is savage, gaston is macho and chauvinistic, but belle is smart and grounded. Expanded from 84 minutes to 2 2-act stage production. Opened on broadway 1994, ran for over 5,000 performances closed in 2007 sixth longest run in broadway history. Nominated for nine tony awards; won only one for costumes by ann hould ward.
