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51 Cards in this Set
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Betty Comden
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Writer & Lyricist
Musical: On the Town (1944) w/ Adolph Green -Longest collaborative team with Adolph Green |
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Adolph Green
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Writer
Musical: On the Town (1944) -Longest collaborative team with Betty Comden |
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Leonard Bernstein
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Composer
Musical: On the Town |
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Jerome Robbins
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Choreographer
Musical: On the Town, Westside Story |
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George Abbott
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Director
Musical: On the Town |
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Musical: On the Town
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About sailors on 24 hr. leave
"Come up to My Place" "Some Other Time" |
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Irving Berlin
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Lyricist & Composer
Revue show: This is the Army (1942) created during WWII |
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Mary Martin
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Annie in Annie Get Yo Gun (1946)
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"Old Fashioned Wedding"
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Irving Berlin
written for Annie GYGun Revival a QUODLIBET: 2 distinct melodies playing at the same time |
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Bernadette Peters
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played Annie in revival
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Tom Wopat
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original Luke Duke, in Dukes of Hazzard in 1970's
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revival of musical : Connecticut Yankee
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Richard Rodgers
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opera: Opera Carmen
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by Oscar Hammerstein
-an original French musical w/ American lyrics -casted all black folk |
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musical: Carousel
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
-features an anti-hero -can't hold a job, gets violent w/ girl, has issues being faithful, a carnival worker -anti-hero commits suicide!! |
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active song concept
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started by Oscar Hammerstein
-from start to finish, song evolves from one emotion to a completely contrasting emotion, used like a transition |
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"Soliloquy"
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-sung in Carousel
-by anti-hero Billy -an example of an active song -character talks about thoughts outloud |
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musical: South Pacific
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source mat: Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener
-helped point out racism |
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"You've Got to be Carefully Taught"
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by Oscar Hammerstein
-musical: South Pacific -challenged public thoughts about racism |
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musical: Allegro
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by Rodgers and Hammerstein w/o existing source material
-was a FLOP! |
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musical: Sound of Music (1960)
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last musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein
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"Edelweiss"
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song about a national flower of Austria
-reflected idea of aging, death, and then rebirth -last song by Hammerstein before dying of cancer |
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musical: Kiss Me Kate
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by Cole Porter (playboy of Broadway)
source mat: Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare -a metatheatre |
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metatheatre
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a musical about putting on a theatre show
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"Too Darn Hot"
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11 min. long metatheatre
-example of sexual innuendos |
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"I'm Ashamed that Woman are So Simple"
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not written by Cole Porter
-he took actual verse from Taming of the Shrew and injected it into play at the end |
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Alan Jay Lerner
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-borne into wealthy fam
-was short, had Napolean complex,married 8 times -used common language, slang |
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Frederick Loewe
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German borne in Austria
-prodigy on piano and cello -used to box out in CO |
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musical: Brigadoon
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Lerner and Loewe's first project together
-set in Scotland, 1700's -fantastical nature, whimsical, happy ending, mostly integrated |
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musical: Paint Your Wagon (1951)
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-original plot by Frederick Lerner
-about 8 minors in the West |
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musical: Camelot (1960)
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-romanticism, fantastical
-about King Arthur -twisted plot |
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Julie Andrews
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King's Wife in Camelot
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Richard Burton
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King Arthur, Camelot
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Marni Nixon
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dubbed in for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
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The Little Prince (1975)
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-film musical, a French fable
-about a lil boy prince -final collaboration by Lerner and Loewe |
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musical: My Fair Lady
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-heart of musical is classcism
-by George Bernard Shaw, important playwright, interested in social commentary |
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source material: Pygmalion
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written by George Bernard Shaw
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Frank Loesser
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composer and lyricist
-kinda like Cole Porter, George M Cohan -playful, witty style -modern, slick slang -wanted to known for serious, dramatic efforts tho |
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musical: Guys and Dolls (1950)
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by Frank Loesser
source mat: collection of stories by Damon Runyon -stories about gambling, prostitution, nightlife of NY |
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Runyon Land
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opening scene of Guys and Dolls named after Damon Runyon
-has no spoken words, just 10 min. dance -used pedestrian movement |
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Michael Kidd
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Choreographer of Runyon Land
-used pedestrian movement |
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"Fugue for Tinhorns"
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by Frank Loesser
fugue: a melody sung in a round |
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George Abbott
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longest career in showbiz of 20th century
-actor, writer, director |
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musical: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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by Frank Loesser
-satire on corporate life -points to corrupt nature of corporate environment in America -Finch is a nerd who works his way to the top |
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"Brotherhood of Man"
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in How to Succeed in Business
-1995 revival with Matthew Broderick -diff from 1961 version cuz women come on and dance at end -incorporates social/political status of new time |
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Jule Styne
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composer, collaborated with lyricists
-like musical: Gypsy (1959) worked w/ Stephen Sondheim |
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"Everything's Coming Up Roses"
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in Gypsy,
-mama Rose (Patti Lupone) about Gypsy Rose Lee a famous stripper -becomes a common phrase in American culture, by Stephen Sondheim |
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"Rose's Turn"
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an 11 o'clock number
-usually near end of musical when character is about to break through/break down; climactic number |
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Bernadette Peters
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in revival of Gypsy and Annie Get Yo Gun
-sings "Rose's Turn" |
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musical: Funny Girl
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by Jule Styne
-featured Barbara Straisahn |
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"Luck be a Lady"
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in Guys and Dolls, by Frank Loesser
-clever lyrical style |
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Bob Fosse
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choreographer
"Steam Heat" -Pajama Game, The Damn Yankees |
