Wild Party Research Paper
Wild Party: Prep Notes This week’s prep notes are focused on musical theatre, in preparation to go see Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical, “Wild Party”.
History of Musical Theatre: Musical theatre is a relatively modern type of theatre, combining music, dance, song, and dialogue to create the performance. Musical theatre in its current form found its roots in 1866’s “The Black Crook”. Although it is not a “true musical”, it opened audiences up to the concept of such performances, and paved the way for the modern musical. The modern american musical was heavily influenced by imported shows in the early 1900’s, such as Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow, as well as other types of theatre such as burlesque, pantomime, musical farces, etc. In the 1920’s Broadway became globally known when composers such as Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) and Rodgers and Hart (Carousel, The King and I, The Sound of Music) came into the spotlight. Musicals such as Show Boat …show more content…
There are many benefits to this process, and the first one that comes to mind is name recognition. If a book/movie/play is successful and is a widely recognized name, it is likely that people will wish to come out to see the musical adaptation. In high school I was head of publicity during our run of Catch Me if You Can, we had one of our largest turn outs for that show compared to our other musical productions because our target audience recognized the name. Another benefit of adapting a musical from another form of media is there is already an established story line, making it easier to compose the songs to fit the story and create a unified piece. One of the disadvantages of adaptation is there is a lot more detail that goes into writing, such details may be difficult to convey in a musical, or there may be too much detail to fit it cohesively into the
History of Musical Theatre: Musical theatre is a relatively modern type of theatre, combining music, dance, song, and dialogue to create the performance. Musical theatre in its current form found its roots in 1866’s “The Black Crook”. Although it is not a “true musical”, it opened audiences up to the concept of such performances, and paved the way for the modern musical. The modern american musical was heavily influenced by imported shows in the early 1900’s, such as Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow, as well as other types of theatre such as burlesque, pantomime, musical farces, etc. In the 1920’s Broadway became globally known when composers such as Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) and Rodgers and Hart (Carousel, The King and I, The Sound of Music) came into the spotlight. Musicals such as Show Boat …show more content…
There are many benefits to this process, and the first one that comes to mind is name recognition. If a book/movie/play is successful and is a widely recognized name, it is likely that people will wish to come out to see the musical adaptation. In high school I was head of publicity during our run of Catch Me if You Can, we had one of our largest turn outs for that show compared to our other musical productions because our target audience recognized the name. Another benefit of adapting a musical from another form of media is there is already an established story line, making it easier to compose the songs to fit the story and create a unified piece. One of the disadvantages of adaptation is there is a lot more detail that goes into writing, such details may be difficult to convey in a musical, or there may be too much detail to fit it cohesively into the