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Spring 2015 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 10-10:50 King Hall 216 Jim Bartruff KI 201G jbartruf@emporia.edu 620.341.5704 Textbook MUSICAL THEATRE: A History by John Kenrick.

First exam (100 points) 4. Midterm (100 points) 5. Research project (100 points) 6. Final exam (100 points) Grading Scale.

1 Spring 2015 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 10-10:50 King Hall 216 Jim Bartruff KI 201G Textbook MUSICAL THEATRE: A History by John Kenrick. (Continuum, 2008) BROADWAY: The American Musical, a film by Michael Kantor. (PBS, 2004) Assignments. 1. Listening blog (50 points) 2. Musical Theatre field trip (50 points) 3. First exam (100 points) 4. Midterm (100 points) 5. Research project (100 points) 6. Final exam (100 points) Grading Scale. A % C 73-77% A % C % B % D % B 83-87% D 63-67% B % D % C % F 0-59% Attendance statement. Absences affect your progress through the course. You will begin the semester with 50 attendance points. Each absence or tardy will deduct 5 points. Course outcomes. Develop a better understanding of the history of the American musical theatre by tracing its major developments from its origins to the present day. Recognize major musical works by notable composers. Recognize major works by notable librettists and lyricists. Understand the similarities and differences between various musical styles including opera, operetta, revue, musical comedy, musical theatre, etc. Express your critical evaluation of musical theatre in performance. LISTENING BLOG. Each of you will listen to the following original cast albums and submit a brief comment on the course blog to document your experience. Showboat Anything Goes Company Oklahoma! West Side Story Crazy for You

2 Course policies All assignments are due on the day they are assigned--at class time. Late assignments may or may not be graded. But you must turn them in to pass. All written assignments must be typed or electronically transmitted. If you arrive late to class, you will be considered absent. Early departure from any class will also count as an absence. Bring your book, something to write with and note paper to each class. Participation in school plays/activities will not excuse you from class work. We will follow ESU s Dishonesty Policy at Disability statement. Emporia State University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students need to contact the Director of Disability Services and the professor as early in the semester as possible to ensure that classroom and academic accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. All communication between students, the Office of Disability Services, and the professor will be strictly confidential. Faculty-Initiated Student Withdrawal Procedure. Students should be aware that your instructor follows the university s policy of faculty-initiated student withdrawal. It reads as follows: If a student s absences from class or disruptive behavior become detrimental to the student s progress or that of other students in the class, the faculty member shall attempt to contact the student in writing about withdrawing from the class and shall seek the aid of the office of Vice President of Student Affairs to help insure contacting the Student. The Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs shall provide the student information about the existing appeals procedures. Upon receiving a written report from the faculty member, the Vice President of Student Affairs may initiate a student withdrawal from the class. None of the above implies or states that faculty members are required to initiate the student withdrawals for excessive absence. [Policy and Procedures Manual 43.11] Some Recommended Internet resources. Google the site name for a URL. Blue Gobo Playbill.com The Broadway League Rodgers and Hammerstein Library Broadway World Samuel French Musicals Internet Broadway Database Spotlight on Broadway Musicals 101 Tams-Witmark Music Theatre International TheatreMania.com Musical Theatre History Resources Theatre Talk ESU syllabus attachment < You can download a copy of this syllabus from <

3 Course Calendar TH 497 Spring 2015 January 21 CLASSES BEGIN. This class will not meet. 23 KCACTF Region Five Festival in Minneapolis, MN (January 19-25) 26 Course introduction and pre-test. Assign research projects. INTRODUCTION (Pages 11-17) 28 Chapter One: Ancient Times to 1850 (18-34) Excerpts from Ballet and Opera 30 Chapter Two: Continental Operetta (35-49) Offenbach and Strauss February 2 Chapter 3: American Explorations, (50-74) The Black Crook. 4 Chapter 4: Gilbert and Sullivan (75-94) Excerpts from The Mikado and Pirates of Penzance 6 Kantor film Give My Regards to Broadway ( ) 9 Chapter 5: The Birth of Musical Comedy (95-110) American Masters: History of Vaudeville 11 Chapter 6: A New Century ( ) Cohan and Ziefgeld 13 Review Chapters FIRST Exam. 18 Kantor Film Syncopated City ( ) 20 Chapter 7: American Ascendance ( ) Jerome Kern 23 Chapter 8: Al Jolson ( ) and SHOWBOAT 25 Chapter 9: The Jazz Age ( ) Berlin, Gershwin and Porter 27 Presentation of research projects. March 2 Chapter 10: Depression Era Miracles ( ) Kurt Weill and Rodgers & Hart 4 Kantor film I Got Plenty o Nuttin ( ) 6 Review Chapters MIDTERM exam. 11 Chapter 11: A New Beginning ( ). 13 Kantor film Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin ( ) SPRING BREAK. No classes. (March 14-22) 23 The legacy of Rodgers and Hammerstein 25 Chapter 12: Broadway Takes Stage ( ). The rise of the choreographer. 27 Kantor film Tradition ( ) 30 Chapter 13: Rock Rolls In ( ) ( ) April May 1 HAIR, RENT, SPRING AWAKENING, ONCE 3 Presentation of research projects 6 Chapter 14: New Directions ( ) Sondheim, Bennett and Fosse 8 Kantor film Putting It Together ( ) 10 Presentation of research projects. 13 Chapter 15: Spectacles and Boardrooms ( ) 15 Andrew Lloyd Webber - CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 17 Cameron Mackintosh - LES MISÉRABLES 20 Presentation of research projects 22 Stephen Sondheim and lyrics - SWEENEY TODD and COMPANY 24 The Film musical - THE MUSIC MAN and WEST SIDE STORY 27 Frank Loesser - GUYS AND DOLLS. 29 Kander and Ebb - CABARET and CHICAGO 1 Chapter 16. Musical Comedy Returns ( ) 4 Presentation of research projects. 6 Disney on Broadway and The Making of Wicked 8 Final review 13 Final Exam (10:10 a.m.)

4 TOPICS FOR RESEARCH PAPERS PEOPLE George Abbott Bock and Harnick Fanny Brice Mel Brooks Gower Champion George M. Cohan Agnes demille Bob Fosse Rudolf Friml George and Ira Gershwin Savion Glover Oscar Hammerstein II Lorenz Hart Victor Herbert Jerry Herman Al Jolson Jones and Schmidt Kander and Ebb Jerome Kern Michael Kidd Frank Loesser Lerner and Loewe Beatrice Lilly Lindsay and Crouse Maltby and Shire Rouben Mamoulian Ethel Merman David Merrick Zero Mostel Cole Porter Robert Preston Harold Prince Jerome Robbins Paul Robeson Bill Bojangles Robinson Richard Rodgers Sigmund Romberg Billy Rose Lillian Russell Stephen Schwartz The Shubert Organization Noble Sissle Stephen Sondheim Sam and Bella Spewack Susan Stroman Julie Taymor Sophie Tucker Tommy Tune Gwen Verdon Thomas Fats Waller Andrew Lloyd Webber Kurt Weill Bert Williams Florenz Ziegfield SHOWS Annie Get Your Gun Anything Goes Assassins Babes in Arms Babes in Toyland The Black Crook Cabaret Candide Cats Chicago A Chorus Line Company The Cradle Will Rock Damn Yankees Dreamgirls Evita Fanny The Fantasticks Fiddler on the Roof Good News Guys and Dolls Gypsy Hair Hello, Dolly! The King and I Kiss Me Kate Lady in the Dark Les Miserables The Lion King Little Johnny Jones Mame Man of La Mancha The Music Man My Fair Lady The New Moon No, No Nanette Of Thee I Sing Oklahoma! On Your Toes Pay Joey Phantom of the Opera The Pirates of Penzance Porgy and Bess The Producers Ragtime 1776 Show Boat The Sound of Music South Pacific Spring Awakening Sweeney Todd West Side Story Ziegfield Follies

5 SPRING 2015 Performing Arts Events in our region Emporia State University Theatre Jim Bartruff, Director of Theatre (620) The Treehouse Effect (original) March 4-7 Karl C. Bruder Theatre As You Like It (Shakespeare) April RQ Frederickson Theatre Emporia Arts Council Melissa Windsor, Executive Director (620) Commercial The 5 Browns February 5, 2015 Granada Theatre Kelley Hunt February 15, 2015 Granada Theatre Clarinetest Narek Arutyunian March 12, 2015 Heath Recital Hall Russian National Ballet "Don Quixote" April 30, 2015 Albert Taylor Hall Kansas State University Theatre Kate Anderson, director (785) state.edu/sctd/theatre Bustown Feb 5-7, Chapman Theatre Hansel and Gretel (opera) March 5-7 McCain Auditorium Spring Dance '15 March McCain Auditorium McCain Series at Kansas State University (Partial listing. Curtain time for most events is 7:30 p.m.) (785) state.edu/mccain/ Sister Act February 6 Million Dollar Quartet April 13 Don Qixote: Russian National Ballet April 26 Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Project May 10 KU Theatre Lawrence Dennis Christilles, Artistic Director (785) Flora, the Red Menace April 10-12, Inge Memorial Theatre The Marriage of Figaro April 24, 26, 30, May, 2 Crafton- Preyer Theatre Lied Center of Kansas (Partial listing) 1600 Stewart Drive - Lawrence (785) Bernadette Peters in Concert March 24 Broadway Diva Million Dollar Quartet April 11 Broadway musical Pilobolus Dance Theatre April 25 Dance and shadow Topeka Civic Theatre 3028 SW 8 th Avenue (785) Hands on a Hard Body February 27 March 28 The Great Gatsby April 17 May 2 Here on the Flight Path May 29 June 20 The Wizard of Oz July 10 August 15 Broadway in Wichita Wichita Theatre League (866) Sister Act February 3-5, 2015 Century II Buddy (The Buddy Holly Story) March 2-4 Century II Chicago March 31- April 2 Century II

6 Broadway Across America Kansas City Music Hall/Kauffman Center (800) The Book of Mormon February 24 March 8 Music Hall Once March Kauffman Center Chestnut Fine Arts Center 234 N. Chestnut, Olathe, KS (913) Always a Bridesmaid Jan 22 Mar 8, HS friends Good Old Mountain Music March 19 May 3 Bluegrass, country, gospel Harriman- Jewell Series (Partial listing) (816) Giselle (Russian National Ballet) January 18, 2015 Kauffman Theater Acis & Galatea (Mark Morris Dance Group) February 6 Kauffman Theater Savion Glover and company perform STePz April 25 Helzberg Hall Coterie Theatre Crown Center, Kansas City (816) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane January 27 March 1, 2015 To Whom It May Inspire March 3 8 Touring production Dr. Suess' The Cat in the Hat March 31 May 17 A Year With Frog and Toad June 16 August 2 Kansas City Ballet Devon Carney, director (816) New Moves February 6 14, 2015 Bolender Center Giselle March Kauffman Center Dances Daring (then and now) May 8 17 Kauffman Center Kansas City Repertory Theatre Eric Rosen, director (816) Hair! March 20 April 12 Spencer Theatre Lyric Opera of Kansas City Ward Holmquist, director (816) Silent Night February 21, 25, 27, March 1 Kauffman Theatre Tosca April 18, 22, 24, 26 Kauffman Theatre New Theatre Restaurant Richard Carrothers and Dennis Hennessy (913) Forever Plaid February 19 May 3 Hairspray May 7 July 12 The Addams Family July 16 September 20 Quality Hill Playhouse J. Kent Barnhart, executive director (816) That's Entertainment: The MGM Years January 16 February 15, 2015 Broadway and Back February 27 March 29, 2015 What They Did for Love: Bacharach and Hamlisch April 17 May 17

7 Spinning Tree Theatre Michael Grayman, Artistic Director (816) Black Pearl Sings March 5-22, 2015 Just Off Broadway Theatre Fiddler on the Roof April 23 May 10 Just Off Broadway Theatre Starlight Theatre Denton Yockey, producer (816) Shades! The Musical Parody February Indoor stage Million Dollar Quartet May National Tour Camelot June 9-14 National Tour Annie June National Tour Pippin June 30- July 5 National Tour Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella July 7-12 National Tour Mary Poppins July 24- August 1 Starlight Theatre Production Cirque Eloize id September 8-13 National Tour University of Missouri Kansas City Tom Mardikes, Chair The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane January 27 March 1, 2015 Coterie Theatre Rocky Horror Show February 27 March 8 Grant Hall Theatre Omaha (NE) Performing Arts Orpheum Theatre (402) Camelot January 27 Feb 1, 2015 Pippin March 3 8 Motown March Mamma Mia! April Once May Tulsa Performing Arts Center John E. Scott, director (918) Camelot (National Tour) March 3-8 Chapman Music Hall Phantom of the Opera (National Tour) April Chapman Music Hall Million Dollar Quartet May Chapman Music Hall

Spring 2017 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 9-9:50 King Hall 215 Jim Bartruff KI 201G

Spring 2017 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 9-9:50 King Hall 215 Jim Bartruff KI 201G jbartruf@emporia.edu 620.341.5704 Textbook AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE by James Leve (Oxford University