Fundamentals Of Musical Theatre Semester 2

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Edgar "Yip" Harburg

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American lyricist; Finian's rainbow

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McCarthyism

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making accusations of disloyalty without proper evidence to avoid political criticism

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Abe Burrows

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Candide

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Composer: Leonard Bernstien
Lyrics: Richard Wilbur

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Meredith Wilson

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Music, lyrics, and book for the Music Man.

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Damon Runyon

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A type of character and source for Guys and Dolls.

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David Merrick

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Producer of 42nd street.

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Leonard Bernstein

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Wrote music for West Side Story, Candide, On the Town

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Lillian Hellman

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Blacklisted playwright; praised

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Betty Comden and Adolph Green

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Blacklisted musical review with Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein.

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Aurther Laurents

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Book writer: Gyspy, West Side Story

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Jule Styne

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songwriter: gypsy

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Frank Loesser

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Music and Lyrics for Guys and Dolls

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Jerome Robbins

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Famous Director and Choreographer

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Kurt Weill

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German composer, 3 penny Opera

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Bertolt Brecht

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Marxist, "epic theatre"- provokes, rational self-reflection, directed 3 Penny Opera

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Marc Blitzstein

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Composer/lyricst, 3 Penny Opera, Cradle Will Rock, Communist-refuse to name names

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Gerome Ragni

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Wrote book and lyrics of Hair.

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James Rado

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Wrote book and lyrics of Hair.

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Galt MacDermot

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Wrote music of Hair (My Fair Lady).

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Joseph Papp

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Established Public Theatre: A Chorus Line, Hair

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Boris Aronson

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Scenic Designer: Fiddler On The Roof, Cabaret (Won the Tony Y'all)

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Harold "Hal" Prince

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Producer: West Side Story, Fiddler On The Roof, Cabaret, Candide, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, concept musicals

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Fred Ebb

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Lyricist Cabaret, Chicago, Fosse, The Scottsborough Boys

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John Kander

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Composer Cabaret, Chicago, Fosse, The Scottsborough Boys

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Joe Masteroff

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Book writer Cabaret.

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James Lapine

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Director/Librettist: Into the Woods, Passion, Spelling Bee, Little Miss Sunshine, Annie

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Bob Fosse

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Dancer, choreographer, director: Sweet Charity, Chicago, Pippin, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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George Balanchine

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Choreographer: Follies, On Your Toes, Babes In Arms

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Slaughter on 10th Avenue

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George Balanchine choreographed, dramatic ballet was climax.

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Agnes de Mille

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Choreographer: Ballet for Oklahoma!, Bloomer Girl, Brigadoon

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Michael Bennett

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Dancer, Director, Choreographer: A Chorus Line, Dream Girls, Follies, Company

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Jack Cole

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Invented "Theatrical Jazz Dance"

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Tim Rice

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Lyricist: Webber Musicals and Alan Menken

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Andrew Llyod Webber

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Composer: Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar.

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Cameron Mackintosh

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Producer: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, Cats

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Claude-Michel Schonberg

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Producer composer: Les Miserables, Miss Saigon

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Alain Boubil

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Lyricist, librettist: Les Miserables, Saigon

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Julie Taymor

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Director: Lion King

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Stephen Shwartz

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Music and Lyrics: Wicked, Godspell, Pippin (Disney)

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Bernadette Peters

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Actress Into the Woods, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, Sunday in the Park

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Jonathon Larson

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Wrote Rent, his experiences.

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"On The Town"

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Jerome Robins 1st show, stretched the scope of Broadway Dance

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"Porgy and Bess"

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established general viability of producing quality work of operatic ambition on Broadway.

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"The Cradle Will Rock"

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Marxist allegory, Tin Pan Alley, notorious not popular, short run

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"3 Penny Opera"

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Key role in off-broadways post WWII renaissance, proved musicals could be successful without Broadway (brought validity to off-broadway) (different in character, mood and intent)

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"The Fantasticks"

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Kept collapsing on itself, needed to be small to be fun, theatre style out of minimum production value *imagination

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"Company"

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Concept musical, narrative absences: narrative served to show concept

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"Cabaret"

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Shift from telling a story, to developing a metaphorical approach to convey a theme

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"Evita"

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Themes of universal resonance in content, style, and form.

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"The Lion King"

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Disney becomes theatre.

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Metropolitan Opera

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collaborated with Lincoln Center theatre to commission new opera/theatre works to support serious musical theatre on Broadway.

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Recitative

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Unadorned singing, realistic actions, dramatically focused staging. Singing like speech.

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"Songs"

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"I am songs", define character and situation
"I want", drive the plot
"New Songs", constitute songs to the strength of the performers

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"Fakelore"

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lack of authenticity

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Broadway Opera

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Weill, dramatic and musically enriched kind of Broadway

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City Opera

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Civic opera company to attract broader, younger, audiences, and more operas in english.

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Revivals

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3 Types:
Preserve- restoring material to original state (Show Boat)
Respect/Nodify- understand material for what it is but modify it to make it more accessible (On Your Toes)
"Reinventing"- Imaginative materials and altering the meanings of the show (Cabaret)

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Federal Theatre Project

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Ambitious effort by government to produce theatre in America to people who have never experienced theatre

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Modernist Musical

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changed concept to fit the new cultural times

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Playwrights horizon

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non profit theatre company, off-Broadway readings, new work

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Mega Musical

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Spectacle, grand sets, high tech, sheer grandeur of scale , known logos

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New Amsterdam

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spiked saving of Times Square and brought more entertainment to New York

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"Runyonland"

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Pantomime with all the characters of New York and Broadway, first times movement used without singing (Guys and Dolls)

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"Sondheim's Children"

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people he works with and influences (Bernadette Peters and Jason Robert Brown)

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Ivory Tower Shows

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Adam Guetell, Jason Robert Brown, too high brow, looks down on others

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"South Pacific"

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1949-Musical Play, Music: Richard Rogers, Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II, Book: Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Based on book "Tales of the South Pacific" by James Mitchner. Progressive message on racism. Pulitzer prize for drama. Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque, Lt. Joseph Cable, Tiat, Bloody Mary, Ngana, Jerome, Seabee Luther Bills

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"Guys and Dolls"

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1950 Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser, Book/Libretto: Joe Swerling and Abe Burrows. Book is based on Damon Runyon's take on Broadway. Runyon Land, Sarah Brown, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson, Adelaide. Michael Kidd- Influential to Robbins choreography

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"West Side Story"

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1957 Music: Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Arthur Laurents. Tony, Maria, Bernardo(s), Rosalia, Anita, Riff(J), Chino. Choreography: Jerome Robbins

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"The Music Man"

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1957 Music and Lyrics: Meredith Wilson, Book: Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey. Harold Hill, Mariann. Choreographer: Onna White

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"Gypsy"

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1959 Music: Jule Styne, Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Arthur Laurents. Musical play/Musical serious. Jerome Robbins directed/ choreographed. Source books: Gypsy- a memoir. Loosely based off the life of Gypsy Rose Lee.

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"Fiddler On The Roof"

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1964 Music: Jerry Bock, Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick, Book: Joseph Seine. Director/ Choreography: Jerome Robbins. Produced by Hal Prince.

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"Cabaret"

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1966 Music and Lyrics: Kander and Ebb, Book: Joe Masteroff. Based on John Van Dratans play, I am a camera, made to short novel: Goodbye Berlin. Sally Bowles, Cliff Bradshaw, Emcee, Fraulein, Schneider, Herr Schultz, Ernst Ludwig, Fraulein Kost. Choreographer: Fosse.

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"Hair"

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1967 Music: Galt MacDermont, Lyrics and Book: James Rado, Gerome Ragni. First "Rock" and "concept" musical. Began at the Public because Joseph Papp.

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"A Chorus Line"

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1975 Music: Marvin Hamlische, Lyrics: Edward Kleban, Book: James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, Director and Choreographer: Michael Bennett.

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"Sweeney Todd"

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1979 Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Book: Hugh Weeler.

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"Les Miserables"

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1987 Music: Claude-Michael Schonberg, Lyrics: Alain Boubil, Jean-Marc Natel, Herbert Kretzmer, Book: Claude Michael Schonberg, Alain Boubil. Victor Hugo's novel.

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"Rent"

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1996 Music/Lyrics/Books: Jonathon Larson. La Boheme Opera, Choreographer: Sharon Ferrol (Young).

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"Wicked"

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2003 Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Book: Winnie Hotlzman. The life and Time of the Wicked Witch of the West by George Maguire.

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"Spring Awakening"

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2006 Music: Duncan Sheik, Lyrics and Book: Steven Sater. Based on Frank Wendekind's play, Director: Michael Mayer, Choreographer: Bill T. Jones.

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"The Scottsboro Boys"

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2010 Music and Lyrics: Kander and Ebb, Book: David Thompson. Framework of a minstrel snow. All black but one performer. Based on Famous American Trail. Director: Susan Stroman.