2. Began as :  Risque Burlesque  Vaudeville Later developed into more Family oriented entertainment

3.  Gilbert & Sullivan  H.M.S. Pinfore  Pirates of Penzance  Iolanthe  The Sorcerer  The Princess Ida  The Mikado  Witty & Complex  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI _HSgw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI _HSgw&feature=related

4.  Ziegfeld Follies  Specific Performers  Elaborate Costumes & Sets  Big dance routines  No Plot

5.  Movies  Fred Astaire  Marilynn Miller  Composers  George Gershwin  Cole Porter  Jerome Kern  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9azR5V8efUc&feat ure=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9azR5V8efUc&feat ure=related

6.  Showboat (1927)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9Way N7R-s&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9Way N7R-s&NR=1  Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein  Used an all black cast for the black characters(1936)  Approached more Dramatic Themes  Although many musical were written to focus on the black lifestyles they were usually portrayed by white people.

7.  People wanted to go back to the lighthearted, escapist entertainment.  Movies were gaining in popularity.  Musical Theater attendance suffered.  Vaudeville ended (1932)  Mid 1930’s political satire I’d Rather Be Right Knickerbocker Holiday

8.  Many Social issues were brought up.  Spousal abuse (Carousel 1945)  Racial Prejudice (South Pacific 1949)  Suicide (Oklahoma 1943)  Hero Dies (The King and I 1951)  Murder (West Side Story 1957)  Stage Mother (Gypsy 1959)

9.  Musicals still entertain on a large scale today.  Broadway is in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas and even Salt Lake City

10.  “Musical Theatre” Wikipedia, accessed 22 November 2010, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre  “The guide to Musical Theatre”, accessed 22 November 2010, http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/biographieshttp://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/biographies  Lubbock, Mark, The Complete Book of Light Opera. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1962. pp. 753-756, “American musical Theatre: An Introduction”, http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical030.html http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical030.html  Kenrick, John, The History of Musicals. Copyright 2000; Revised 2003, http://www.musicals101.com/history1.htmhttp://www.musicals101.com/history1.htm  Youtube