T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Gypsy Rose Lee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Jerome Kern
11 Nov 2016
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Tide of socialist politics, labor unions & foreign immigration: vaudeville 1880s-1930s, burlesque 186s-1930s, great depression, talkies. Fanny brice (189-1951: yiddish humor, signed w/ florenz ziegfeld in 1910. For 2 years at , then 100. Gypsy rose lee (1911-1970: accredited w/ strip tease, burlesque & vaudeville. Anything goes: by cole porter in 1934 (pic on phone) Jerome kern (book) & oscar hammerstein ii (lyrics: first racially integrated play. Oklahoma! (1943: (cid:862)by (cid:1005)94(cid:1004), the (cid:373)usi(cid:272)al had (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tively a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) & perhaps a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a"s (cid:373)ost sig. contribution is, richard rodgers (composer) & oscar hammerstein ii (librettist) Why do they sing: emotional release, monologues lead into big number. Tructure of (cid:862)traditional musical(cid:863: opening song. Lead char/ explaining what their goal is: a plot/ b plot, (cid:862)i love you(cid:863) o(cid:374)g, (cid:862)(cid:1005)(cid:1005) o"clo(cid:272)k nu(cid:373)(cid:271)er(cid:863) A big number/showstopper that happens in the 2nd act. Hair: 1960s (vietnam war, rock infiltrates theatre w/ sex, violence, etc. Biographical musicals: follows life of a person, late 1970s.
