THTR 3011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Agnes De Mille, Ethel Merman, Opera Seria
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Submit working title, theme, musical artist/genre, character descriptions (2) The music: a list of song titles (tbd) The concept: descriptions of desired design and performance styles, audience considerations and zeitgeist. Extra credit for including recognizable fosse choreography (tbd) The cake walk was: created by enslaved people to mock slave owners. Dorothy fields wrote a show for ethel merman. Paul robeson: wouldn"t perform because theatre was segregated and refused to perform in blackface. Irving berlin: put on this is the army overseas to raise funds for army relief fund. Important because: this is where they solidified what a soliloquy was. The black crook: terrible show combined with ballet. Story was way too simple and too many coincidences. George cohan started as song plugger on tin pan alley. Know the quasi-love and the i am i want songs from each play. Only need to know full plot if it"s a play we watched.
