Courtney Cox 5-4-10 THEA 1334 Final Paper Costume Design THE ROLE OF COSTUME DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATER Imagine a classic Shakespearian play or Italian opera performed in hip-hugging jeans or baggy t-shirts; or imagine the period musical 1776‚ produced by the wonderful Stuart Ostrow‚ performed in the groovy attire of the 1970s. These performances would seem completely out of place and confusing. One would not be able to grasp the completeness of the story or have any understanding of the time
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The History of Musical Theatre The recently released Les Misérables earned £8.1 million in its opening weekend‚ making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film in history‚ proving that the genre is still alive. But how exactly did this powerful art form originate? And from then on‚ how did it evolve to become the spectacularly vivacious being that it is today? The oldest known forms of music theatre were the ancient Greek plays with music and lyrics‚ as well as music and dance being
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Lerner got the inspiration for the musical Camelot from the idea based on the King Arthur Legend as adapted from the novel The Once and the Future King. Lerner also wrote the music with Frederick Loewe in the 1960’s. The musical faced criticism because some say it wasn’t as good as My Fair Lady‚ and the musical did suffer from structural problems‚ but it still was able to tour around the country. 2. There were two ways that the economics of producing Broadway musicals changed in the 1960’s. In the
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Stephen Sondheim‚ hailed by many as a genius‚ has had a long and illustrious career in Broadway musical theatre spanning five decades. During those fifty-some years‚ Sondheim has essentially reinvented the Broadway musical. The Sondheim canon shows three distinct ways Sondheim has contributed to musical theatre. First of all‚ the difficulty of Stephen Sondheim’s music has raised the standard of musical theatre. Actors simply cannot stand onstage and sing as they used to in the days of Gershwin and
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but to grow as a performer. In Acting in Musicals‚ Mr. Jory attempts to answer an often debated question “Is the art of acting different in musicals and plays?” This is a very important subject for acting teachers; should we as professionals leave out a large lucrative portion of the professional acting roles simply because we prefer straight plays over musicals or worse don’t have
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Are there too many musicals in the West End? (I am writing in support of Michael Billington’s article‚ ‘ This West End Theatre boom is not all good news’ However throughout my article I will analyze the benefits and draw back for the current state of the west end and where it could go in the future.) Throughout this year 2012 the West End has comprised of 42 commercial theatres 32 of these have put on musical productions as opposed to traditional plays (1). Compared to a year ago when the
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Today many people are familiar with the musicals South Pacific‚ The Sound Of Music‚ Oklahoma! and Carousel but do they know their origins? All of these plays were engineered by the dynamic due Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers who worked to broaden the boundaries of theater by merging theatre‚ music and film. Not only were they responsible for making their own plays but they formed musical scores‚ worked as lyricists‚ owned and operated the publishing company Williamson Music‚ and had their own
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I will never be able to watch High School Musical again. Not that I was an avid devotee of High School Musical before‚ in fact‚ I had only seen High School Musical once before I was cast in Danville Area High School’s version of “High School Musical On Stage!.” Being five years old when High School Musical aired on Disney Channel‚ I was a natural-born Gabriella Montez on the playgrounds of my elementary school. Of course‚ I was Gabriella because I best fit the physical description in our small class
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‘ri’ is sang on an A natural (appoggatura) –making a dim 5th. The instrumentation thickens here‚ timps and double bass are also added ‚ the bass plays pizz‚ and its rhythm goes slightly Latin – similar to much of the dance music throughout the musical - and all this creates a colourful image in the listeners head – reflecting the image of Maria in Tony’s head. Bar 15; Instrumentation thickens here as the clarinets‚ Horns‚ and trumpets
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focus is emotion‚ there is a system of interpretation by which music can be logically realized‚ quantified and rationalized: such a method is called music theory. Music theory‚ although still technically an art‚ could be defined as ‘the science of musical tonality‚ rhythm and structure.’ Out of these three pillars‚ however‚ by-far the most influential and important is tonality. Tonality‚ according to Mark DeVoto‚ is‚ “…the organized relationship of tones with reference to a definite center‚ the tonic
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