Form (Part 2)
The shape of a "traditional" Western story.
What is an arc?
A name for the invisible separation between audience and stage.
What is the fourth wall?
He was Hammerstein's writing partner.
Who is Richard Rodgers?
In this musical, Nellie Forbush was confront her prejudice.
What is South Pacific?
This is the person that opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
Blackface performance was a convention of this first truly American "artform."
What is minstrelsy?
She is often under-credited simply as Bob Fosse's "muse" rather than his collaborator.
Who was Gwen Verdon?
Julie gives up her chance at a job for Magnolia in this 1927 musical.
What is Show Boat?
The highest point, dramatically, of a story.
What is the climax?
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is an example of this type of song that repeats 8-ish bars with minor musical variations three separate times, with another 8-ish bars that do something entirely different in the middle.
What is AABA?
She choreographed Oklahoma!
Who was Agnes de Mille?
Due to threats of lawsuits, this musical's opening night had the performers in the audience.
What is The Cradle Will Rock?
The event that sets the story into action.
What is the inciting incident?
The device used in Sweeney Todd wherein the ensemble tells you what's going to happen in the opening number.
What is omniscient narration?
He wrote Rent and died the evening before the first preview performance.
Who was Jonathan Larson?
This man claimed the "hummable" musical was still alive and well when he won a Tony Award for La Cage aux Folles.
Who was Jerry Herman?
A type of song that tells us who a character is.
What is an "I Am" song?
In American English punctuation goes here when using quotation marks.
What is inside the quotation marks?
He wrote the music and lyrics to Shuffle Along in the 1920s.
Who was Eubie Blake?
Wilkommen, Bienvenue to this musical that merged concept musical with integrated.
What is Cabaret?