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1 Spring 2017 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 9-9:50 King Hall 215 Jim Bartruff KI 201G Textbook AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE by James Leve (Oxford University Press, 2016) BROADWAY: The American Musical, a film by Michael Kantor. (PBS, 2004) BROADWAY MUSICALS: A Jewish Legacy, a film by Michael Kantor. (ATHENA, 2012) Recommended Reading SHOWTIME: A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre by Larry Stempel (Norton, 2010) MUSICAL THEATRE: A History by John Kenrick. (Continuum, 2008) Assignments 1. Attendance (50 points) 2. Listening blog (25 points) 3. Musical Theatre field trip (25 points) 4. First exam (100 points) 5. Midterm exam (100 points) 6. Research report (100 points) 7. 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. Learning 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.

2 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. Show Boat Anything Goes West Side Story Oklahoma! Crazy for You Hamilton 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 2017 January 18 Course introduction and pre-test. Assign research projects. 20 Chapter One Oklahoma! and the Integrated Book Musical 23 KCACTF Region Five Festival in Minneapolis, MN (January 22-27) 30 Chapter Two Musical Theatre in 19 th Century America February 01 Kantor film - Give My Regards to Broadway ( ) 03 Chapter Three Broadway at the Turn of the Century 06 Chapter Four The Teens 08 Kantor Film - Syncopated City ( ) 10 Chapter Five The Twenties 13 Presentation of research projects. 15 Review Chapters FIRST Exam. 20 Kantor film - I Got Plenty o Nuttin ( ) 22 Chapter Six The Thirties 24 Chapter Seven The Forties 27 Kantor film - Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin ( ) March 01 Chapter Eight The Fifties 03 Chapter Nine The Sixties 06 Kantor film - Tradition ( ) 08 Review Chapters MIDTERM exam. 13 Chapter Ten The Seventies 15 Chapter Eleven The Eighties 17 Presentation of research projects. 20 SPRING BREAK. No classes. (March 18-26) 27 Kantor film - Putting It Together ( ) 29 Chapter Twelve The Nineties 31 Chapter Thirteen The New Millenium April May 03 Presentation of research projects 05 Chapter Fourteen Musical Theatre Off Broadway 07 Kantor Film Broadway Musicals (A Jewish Legacy) 10 Kantor Film Broadway Musicals (A Jewish Legacy) - continued 12 Chapter Fifteen The Black Musical 14 TBA 17 Chapter Sixteen Rock on Broadway 19 The rock musical (continued) 21 Chapter Seventeen The Star 24 The musical today Hamilton and beyond 26 Presentation of research projects 28 The Film musical From The Jazz Singer to La La Land 01 The TV Musical From Amahl and the Night Visitors to The Sound of Music to Hairspray 03 Presentation of research projects. 05 Final review 12 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 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 Lin-Manuel Miranda Ethel Merman David Merrick Zero Mostel Robert Preston Harold Prince Jerome Robbins Paul Robeson Bill Bojangles Robinson Sigmund Romberg Billy Rose Lillian Russell Stephen Schwartz The Shubert Organization Noble Sissle Sam and Bella Spewack Susan Stroman Julie Taymor Sophie Tucker Tommy Tune Gwen Verdon Thomas Fats Waller Kurt Weill Bert Williams Florenz Ziegfeld SHOWS Annie Get Your Gun Anything Goes Assassins Babes in Arms Babes in Toyland 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 Hamilton 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 Once On Your Toes Pay Joey Phantom of the Opera The Pirates of Penzance Porgy and Bess The Producers Ragtime 1776 The Sound of Music South Pacific Spring Awakening Sweeney Todd West Side Story Ziegfeld Follies

5 Performing Arts Events in our region Spring 2017 Updated: 1/10/2017 Emporia State University Theatre Jim Bartruff, Director of Theatre (620) Six Characters in Search of an Author March 1-4 Karl C. Bruder Theatre Sense and Sensibility (Kate Hamill) April RQ Frederickson Theatre Emporia Arts Council Dawn Young, Executive Director (620) Commercial The Morgenstern Trio February 26, 2017 Beach Hall Russian National Ballet April 27 Albert Taylor Hall Emporia Granada Theatre Bryan Williams, Director (620) Commercial Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band Mardi Gras Dinner Party February 17, 2017 Ben & Noel Haggard w/ Merle Haggard's The Strangers April 7 The Marshall Tucker Band April 21 Kansas State University Theatre Ben Stark, Managing Director (785) The Magic Flute March 9-12 McCain Auditorium Spring Dance 17 March 31, April 1 McCain Auditorium Unity (1918) April 20-22, Chapman Theatre smccain Series at Kansas State University (Partial listing. Curtain time for most events is 7:30 p.m.) (785) Mamma Mia! January 24, 2017 McCain Auditorium Cinderella: Russian National Ballet Tour January 28 McCain Auditorium Pippin February 6 McCain Auditorium Pilobolus: Shadowland February 26 McCain Auditorium Stomp April 27 McCain Auditorium 42 nd Street May 8 McCain Auditorium Neil Berg s 100 Years of Broadway May 14 McCain Auditorium KU Theatre Lawrence Dennis Christilles, Artistic Director (785) Seminar by Theresa Rebeck February 9-12 Inge Memorial Theatre Company by Sondheim and Furth March 3-5, Crafton-Preyer Theatre Anon(ymous) by Naomi Izuka March 31, April 1,2, 4-6 Inge Memorial Theatre Don Giovanni April 21, 23, 27, 29 Crafton-Preyer Theatre Lied Center of Kansas (Partial listing) 1600 Stewart Drive - Lawrence (785) Swan Lake January 29 Russian National Ballet Pippin February 2 National Tour An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth March 6 MOMIX: Opus Cactus March 31 Lawrence Arts Center 940 New Hampshire Street (785) Baloonacy January 21 Songs of Hope and Despair January 28

6 Salina Community Theatre 303 East Iron Avenue (785) In the Heights March 31-April 23 9 to 5, the Musical June 9-25 Topeka Civic Theatre 3028 SW 8 th Avenue (785) Flaming Idiots Jan 20 Feb 11, 2017 Mainstage Theatre The Other Place Jan 27 Feb 5 Helen Hocker Theatre Junie B. Jones, the musical Feb 24 March 5 Helen Hocker Theatre Rock of Ages March 3 April 1 Mainstage Theatre To Kill a Mockingbird April 21 - May 6 Mainstage Theatre Becky s New Car April 28 May 13 Helen Hocker Theatre Seussical May Oldfather Theatre Topeka - Washburn University Theatre Paul Prece, director (785) WU Words Project February Spring Musical (TBA) April Music Theatre of Wichita Wayne Bryan, director (316) Thoroughly Modern Millie June 14-18, 2017 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers June 28 July 2 Hairspray July The Hunchback of Notre Dame July Disney s Newsies August Broadway in Wichita Wichita Theatre League (866) Once March 21-23, 2017 Dirty Dancing April Stomp May 3-4 Wichita Grand Opera Century II Performing Arts Center (361) Tchaikovsky s Sleeping Beauty April 23, 2017 Russian National Ballet Kansas City Broadway Series Music Hall/Kauffman Center (800) Stomp January 28-29, 2017 Kauffman Center The Phantom of the Opera February 8-19 Music Hall Beautiful The Carole King Musical March 28 April 2 Music Hall 42 nd Street May 2-7 Kauffman Center Fun Home May 30 June 4 Kauffman Center Chestnut Fine Arts Center 234 N. Chestnut, Olathe, KS (913) Smoke on the Mountain Jan 19 March 5, 2017 Over the River and Through the Woods March 23 May 7 Blowin in the Wind May 18 June 25 American Folk Music A Second Helping July 13 August 27 Church Basement Ladies sequel

7 Harriman-Jewell Series (Partial listing) (816) Romeo and Juliet (Russian Festival Ballet) January 27, 2017 Muriel Kauffman Theatre Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops March 24 Muriel Kauffman Theatre Coterie Theatre Crown Center, Kansas City (816) Hana s Suitcase January 24 - February 14, 2017 No Talking Feb 21 - March 19 We Are In a Play April 4 - May 2 Garfield the Musical June 13 - August 6 JCCC Theatre Beate Pettigrew, Artistic director (913) Catholic School Girls by Casey Kurtti Feb 17-19, 24-26, 2017 Bodker Black Box La Culebra by Pamela Gerke March Bodker Black Box Assassins by Stephen Sondheim April 23-30, May 5-7 Polsky Theatre JCCC Performing Arts Series (Partial listing) Emily Behrmann, General Manager (913) Koresh Dance January 20-21, 2017 Yardley Hall Bodytraffic, contemporary dance February 25 Yardley Hall HOA Shakespeare (Script in Hand) March Polsky Theatre Bobby McFerrin April 21 Yardley Hall Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway May 13 Yardley Hall Kansas City Ballet Devon Carney, director (816) New Moves February 16-19, 2017 Kauffman Theatre The Sleeping Beauty March 31-April 9 Kauffman Theatre Director s Choice May Kauffman Theatre Kansas City Repertory Theatre Eric Rosen, director (816) The Fabulous Fitches January 27 Feb 19, 2017 Spencer Theatre Constellations March 3 April 2 Copaken Stage A Raisin in the Sun March 24 April 16 Spencer Theatre What Would Crazy Horse Do? April 28 May 28 Copaken Stage Man in Love April 29 May 27 Copaken Stage Lyric Opera of Kansas City Deborah Sandler, director (816) Dead Man Walking March 4, 8, 10, 12, 2017 Kauffman Theatre The Pirates of Penzance April 22, 26, 28, 30 Kauffman Theatre Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Karen Paisley, director (816) Main Street Photograph 51 January 12-28, 2017 Gem of the Ocean February 23-March 11 Tennessee Playboy March 30-April 15 The (Awesome) Musical TBA

8 New Theatre Restaurant Richard Carrothers and Dennis Hennessy (913) The Fabulous Lipitones Nov 30 Feb 12, 2017 George Wendt Boeing, Boeing Feb 13 April 23 Debra Jo Rupp The Dixie Swim Club April 27 July 2 Morgan Fairchild Million Dollar Quartet July 6 Sept 24 Musical revue Quality Hill Playhouse J. Kent Barnhart, executive director (816) I Got Rhythm January 20-Feb 19, 2017 Dance favorites Unchained Melody March 10-April 9 Baby Boomer favorites As Time Goes By April 21-May 21 Songs of WW II You ve Got A Friend June 9 July 9 Carole King, James Taylor Spinning Tree Theatre Michael Grayman, Artistic Director (816) Shipwrecked January 19-February 5, 2017 Just Off Broadway Theatre Assassins May 24-June 11 Just Off Broadway Theatre Starlight Theatre Denton Yockey, producer (816) The Little Mermaid June 3 11, 2017 Jersey Boys June 27 July 2 An American in Paris July Something Rotten! July The Bodyguard, the Musical August 8 13 Motown, the Musical August Grease September 8-14 Theatre for Young America Gene Mackey, director (816) Center Stage, Union Station The Toughest Kid in the World January 31 February 4, 2017 Curious George February 14 March 25 The Velveteen Rabbit April 11 May 13 The Great 4 th of July Race of Hare And Tortoise June 20 July 8 Unicorn Theatre Cynthia Levin, director (816) How to Use a Knife January 25 February 19 Eclipsed March 8 April 2 I m Gonna Pray For You So Hard April 19 May 14 Priscilla Queen of the Desert May 31 June 25 University of Missouri Kansas City Tom Mardikes, Chair Hana s Suitcase, A Holocaust Mystery January 24-February 12 The Coterie The Way of the World February Grant Hall Theatre Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine April Black Box Theatre Shakespeare: Modern Language (w/ OSF) April 28-May 14 Origins KC Festival

9 Out-of-state venues Omaha (NE) Performing Arts Orpheum Theatre (402) The Sound of Music January 24-29, 2017 Orpheum Theatre Jersey Boys March 7-12 Orpheum Theatre Beautiful April 4-9 Orpheum Theatre Something Rotten May Orpheum Theatre RENT June 3-4 Orpheum Theatre Tulsa Performing Arts Center John E. Scott, director (918) Avenue Q Feb 10 19, 2017 Williams Theatre Sweeney Todd March 3 12 Williams Theatre Motown: The Musical March Chapman Music Hall Tulsa Ballet: Swan Lake March Chapman Music Hall Dirty Dancing onstage April Chapman Music Hall Tulsa Opera: Tosca May 5 7 Chapman Music Hall Jesus Christ Superstar May Williams Theatre Something Rotten! May Chapman Music Hall Hairspray June 2 11 Williams Theatre Tulsa Opera: The Snow Queen June 17, 18 Williams Theatre Matilda: The Musical June Chapman Music Hall

Spring 2015 TH 497A (CRN 14780) American Musical Theatre MWF 10-10:50 King Hall 216 Jim Bartruff KI 201G

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. (Continuum,