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Musical Comedy Body Language
579 wordsChoreography by Lucy Cullingford The play "Thick as a Brick" is a play, which is written and directed by John Godber and was performed by Hull Truck. The music was by John Pattison; the choreography was by Lacy Callingford and was designed by Pip Lakenby. It was a professional performance shown at Greenwich Theatre on the 31 st of the 2001. The play was set in a kind of a school. In there we looked at the lives of three teenagers and their supply drama teacher. Common Road High is a problem scho...
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The Rebirth Of American Musical Theatre
1,634 wordsTwo great writers of American musical theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, had one idea in common. They wanted to present to the American public a new and revolutionary musical that would stand out above the rest. They wanted to make an impact on the societies of the era. They wanted to be creative and do something that was considered rebellious. When they finally combined their ideas together they created an American masterpiece in musical theatre: Oklahoma! . It was the first Rod...
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The Rebirth Of American Musical Theatre
1,611 words... oma! had proved, on opening night, a stunning stage experience such as one does not often encounter in a lifetime of play going. From the moment the curtain rose and the first lines of the first song were sung, down to the final scene with the presentation of the title number, the audience sat spellbound as a new kind of stage art unfolded with incomparable beauty and majesty. (181) Along with dance and villains, Rodgers and Hammerstein also took on a new approach to forming the music that t...
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Civil Liberties Union Senate Hearings
856 wordsBeginning in the 1980 s, religious fundamentalists and some parents' groups have waged a persistent campaign to limit the variety of cultural messages available to American youth by attacking the content of some of the music industry's creative products. These attacks have taken numerous forms, including a call by the Parents' Music Resource Center (PMRC) for the labeling of recordings whose themes or imagery relate to sexuality, violence, drug or alcohol use, suicide or the 'occult, ' and prose...
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York Henry Holt George Gershwin
2,553 wordsWho was George Gershwin? Today, most people would answer that question by saying that he was the composer of the song that? s in the airline commercial. Although that is true, he was much more than that. Gershwin was the most celebrated and wealthiest American composer who expressed the dreams of every American citizen of the 1920 s. He achieved this by mixing different styles of music like Jewish, black, jazz, classical, blues and put them into one genre and created absolute music. George Gersh...
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Musical Comedy Opera House
1,370 wordsThere are many well-known lyricists and composers, but only a few leave such a mark as Rodgers and Hammerstein. This duo produced nine musical plays during their partnership and caused a profound change in musical comedy. They set the standards that are followed to this day in musical history. They created the modern musical that we all know and love. Before they became Rodgers and Hammerstein, they were simply Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, both of New York City. Hammerstein, born in...
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