Vocab
a dramatic stage form that combines the arts of acting and singing.
Broadway Musical
Central character in Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
The British composer who collaborated with Tim Rice to create The Lion King
Elton John
These universal themes are what have helped make Les Miserable a popular and successful musical. (3 answers to get correct.)
human struggle, endurance, and redemption.
Jean Valjeans prisoner number
24601
A dramatic speech or song delivered by one character in a play.
monologue
A police inspector
Javert
One of the first composers of Broadway musicals
George M Cohan
Besides the universal themes, there were 2 other reason why Les Miserable was such a successful musical.
drama of the plot and emotional expression of the music
Javert sang this song pledging to chase Jean Valjean until he wa captured.
Stars
The word for the spoken lines of a play or musical show.
Dialogue
Sings “I Dreamed a Dream.”
Fantine
The movie version of a Broadway musical that won the most Oscars, including Best Picture.
West Side Story
Predecessors of the Broadway Musical.
comic opera, operettas, and Vaudeville.
What happens to the Thenardiers at the end of the musical.
Nothing. They love to continue being terrible people.
An inventory of compositions mastered and performed by a musician.
repertoire
Rescued and raised by Jean Valjean.
Cosette
Broadway singer and actor Audra McDonald won recognition in a revival of this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
Carousel
After World War 2, these types of teams were created.
Composer/lyricist teams.
Why did Javert only refer to Jean Valjean by his prisoner number?
He saw him as a criminal and had no repect for him.
A short musical idea that is easily remembered and helps unify a composition.
Motive
Sings “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.”
Marius
Andrew Lloyd Weber created many musicals, including this famous one.
Phantom of the Opera
Early musicals had this kind of outlook in the plot.
optimistic
Fantine, Javert, Gavroche, Eponine, Jean Valjean.