I want to learn about the Braodway musicals history, why they invented the first musical and which are the greatest ones... That's for my music project....
2006-11-19 02:06:39 · 9 answers · asked by danradclifferocks 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
im obsessed with broadway, but if this question is regarding homework, i'm not a cheater so cant help u there
2006-11-19 02:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by dramateen23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because this is for your homework, I don't want to give you direct answers, but there are some awesome resources out there about Broadway that I really recommend using or seeing if your library has them:
The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical by Mark Grant (This gives amazing information regarding both history and significance.
It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way by Myrna Katz Frommer
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/bway101/ An interesting website on the history of Broadway.
2006-11-19 02:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by WrenRae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, other answers gave you a good source for info...
So I will contribute my favorites for different reasons.
Musically speaking... Les Miserables (Modern) Man of La Mancha (inspirational) Most Happy Fella (operatic) Fantastiks, Music Man, Lion King, Oklahoma, Showboat for various historical and musical importance.
PBS aired a very good series on the Broadway and musical theatre recently (within the last 18 months or so)
Good luck with your project.
2006-11-19 11:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by Past_Redemption 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll start by saying "I don't know." You'll have to look it up and do some research.
I'd think you'd start with Vaudeville and look at the transition into Musical Theater.
I think the early one's were mostly spectacle like the scenes in Funny Girl referencing back to that era.
And then the transition into narrative story telling, like Showboat.
I'd love to do your music project -- I might look at the influence of jazz music into jazz dance and those influences on writers like Cole Porter.
When you get to the 60's, look at the Modern and Post-Modern influences on musicals like The Fantasticks.
I've always wondered if The Fantasticks, Pippin, Candide and the straight play Our Town was influenced by the Minimalist Art Movement -- the stripping down of work to it's bare bones.
2006-11-19 03:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of "great" musicals, but I feel as though that's more a matter of taste than anything. Musicals like Cats and Les Miserables were very long-running and more successful than other shows on Broadway, though.
2006-11-19 03:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost everyone is familiar with www.imdb.com which is the Internet Movie Database, but few know about www.ibdb.com, the Internet Broadway Database.
As a reference, it is the best site I've found to get specific answers about ANY Broadway show.
2006-11-19 21:06:08 · answer #6 · answered by tt-samurai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.- wicked 2-elphaba, I can relate to her because no one ever believes me and i always look like the bad guy in a situation when im actually the good girl. plus shes a witch, my favorite mythical creature. 3- no good deed, the song just gives you chills, one mintue its loud and angry the next is soft and depressing
2016-05-22 03:20:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just know that the phantom of the opera is the best EVER!
2006-11-19 05:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ singin_gurl1200 ♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have heard my family saying hair spray is a great brodway prudiction
2006-11-19 02:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋