Modern Drama
This post-Restoration playwright is known as the first woman to earn a living as a playwright.
Aphra Behn
Studios like Desilu presented nightly "episodes” of these shows for the studio audience like a one-act play.
Situation comedy (sitcom)
Founded in the 1600s, this Japanese artform relies on dance and is usually more comedic in tone.
Kabuki
This 1927 production is recognized as the full integration of music and serious drama. (Made into a film by 1936!)
Show Boat
Aria
This is one of the main attributes of 18th century Romanticism.
Revolution!
Translating literally to “voice of the city,” this American artform was the predecessor to the early cinema industry.
Vaudeville
This young female playwright wrote famous titles like A Raisin in the Sun.
Loraine Hansberry
This famous writing duo is known for formulaic, satirical operettas that comment on societal issues. (Also known for the patter song!)
Gilbert and Sullivan
In opera, this is sung dialog imitating the natural inflection of speech.
Recitative
Richard Wagner’s “gesamtkunstwerk” promoted the idea of what?
total work of art
What happened to Vaudeville when the motion picture was invented?
Vaudeville died off
Founded in 1821, boasted all-black casts and writing teams producing Shakespearian and original works.
African Grove Theater
This 1866 production is known as the prototype of the "musical comedy."
The Black Crook
In what century was opera invented as a genre?
1600s (17th cent)
All of our modern acting traditions can be traced back to this “father of modern acting."
Konstantin Stanislavski
Staged for the screen AND live studio audiences, this show format harkened back to an 19th century American style.
Variety Shows
Sharing similarities with ancient Greek theatre, this ancient Indian drama can be traced back to 200 BC.
Sanskrit Drama
The 70s, 80s, and 90s brought these TWO types of musical presentations to the American mainstream.
Rock musicals and megamusicals
Gian-Carlo Menotti
List THREE 20th Century “isms"
Symbolism, Futurism, Surrealism, Absurdism, Existentialism
When Vaudeville began to die off, what did famous Vaudevillians do to stay in the performance game?
This Indonesian artform based in Hindu religious tradition focuses on shadow puppetry arts.
Wayang
This pre-musical format blatantly intended to make fun of the grand European opera.
Ballad opera
Opera, originally a European genre, did not develop in America until what century?
20th century (the 1900s)