http://prezi.com/_93dedy2r8bp/mature-book-musicals-oklahoma-to-the-book-of-mormon/

Questions:
1.When did Oscar Hammerstein die?
-1960
2.All the awards Richard Rodgers won were collectively known as a what?
-EGOT
3.Who was Stephen Sonheim's Mentor?
-Oscar Hammerstein
4.The creators of, "The Book of Mormon", were also the creators of what TV show?
-"South Park"

....yes we did four questions...not sure if they all will be used but there they are just in case :)

Henry, Elise and Sophies Questions

Heres our questions:

Who was the librettest out of the parteners, Gilbert or Sullivan?
-Gilbert

What was the Savoy Theatre originally going to be called?
-Beaufort

What was the name of a well known Gilbert and Sullivan play, the only one to be set in an asian country?
-The Mikado



http://prezi.com/ebgsiooejhkj/present/?auth_key=zewbo7b&follow=agw3kpdqkk2o

Makayla And Paige's Trivia Questions

Still wrestling to get the project onto the site, but until that point, here are our trivia questions!

1.What was the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama? (Of Thee I Sing)

2.Which Irving Berlin tune almost replaced the American national anthem? (God Bless America)

3.What was something that was new to musicals in this era? (Equal balance between music/plot development/character journey)

Early Opera and 19th Century Opera

Here is the Prezi presentation by Sabrielle and I.

Musically Speaking Project - Opera on Prezi

Questions -
1. The ideas of the _______ _______ originated the style of music known as monody. (ANSWER - Florentine Camerata)
2. About 70% of singers in the Baroque period were men, emasculated to preserve their high voices. What were they called? (ANSWER - Castrati)
3. Who created the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total art work) and created the Ring Cycle? (ANSWER - Richard Wagner)

19th Century Europe
http://prezi.com/uoy44tudyvdq/19th-century-europe/

Burlesque, Vaudeville, Extraviganza

http://prezi.com/ilhqj3-w9-pd/present/?auth_key=utc240m&follow=rgavjt8wiinc


Questions:
1. Word Burlesque comes from with language?
2. Who was the father of American Vaudeville?
3. What are the 5 types of specticle?


Answers:
1. Italian
2. Benjamin Franklin Keith
3. Equestrian, Military, Burlesque, Fairy, and Romance.

18th Century Opera Round Two

Race in American Musical Theatre

Here is a link to Katherine, Ben, and my Prezi - http://prezi.com/sqjgveckcoq7/present/?auth_key=u0ej3qr&follow=8_phfsvz7bup
 

Also, here is my section of the bibliography:

Bibliography

Jones III, Marshall. "Theatre Communications Group - American Theatre - March 2012." 24 March 2012. Theatre Communications Group. Article. 30 March 2012.

Padgett, Ken. Blackface! - A History of Minstrel Shows. 13 March 2012. 30 March 2012. <http://www.black-face.com/minstrel-shows.htm>.

—. Blackface! - The History of Racist Blackface Stereotypes. 13 March 2012. 30 March 2012. <http://www.black-face.com/>.

Public. Youtube. 30 March 2012. 30 March 2012. <www.youtube.com>.

Rogin, Michael. Blackface, White noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996. Online book section.

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones. Dir. Ron Ormond. Perf. Chick Watts, Cotton Watts and Ches Davis. 1951.

 And our three questions:

Q: What were the two different methods of applying blackface?

A: Burnt cork over a layer of cocoa butter or black grease paint.

Q: What was “the first full length musical, written and played by blacks to be performed at a major Broadway house.”

A: In Dahomey

Q: Who was the composer of “Porgy and Bess”?

A: George Gershwin

19th and 20th C. Operetta/Challenges to Operetta

http://prezi.com/nsietbz6p6cn/american-operetta-in-the-19th-and-20th-centurychallenges-to-operetta/

Gwen And Justin

QUESTIONS:
1. What is arguably the most successful American Operetta of the 19th Century?
2. Who founded the Ziegfeld Follies
3. In what year did Tin Pan Alley find a great resource in sheet music causing sales of millions of copies within the year


ANSWERS:
1. Robin Hood
2. Florenz Ziegfeld
3. 1910


 Works Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operetta
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/hello/operetta.html
http://www.essortment.com/musicals-artists-history-60668.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegfeld_Follies
McLamore, Alyson. Musical Theatre: An Appreciation. Upper Saddle River: Person, 2004.
Wilson, Edwin, and Alvin Goldfarb. Living Theatre: A History. 4 ed. Boston: McGraw, 2003.

18th Century Opera

By Hannah and Kate

http://prezi.com/zfsawvbknd_v/present/?auth_key=4esu57b&follow=2s5ycrduvewy