American_Musical_Film_Adaptations

History of American Musical Theater Film Adaptation

Professor- Diane Howard, Ph.D.

Texts: Harold Prince, From Pajama Game to Phantom of the Opera by Carol Ilsen;
Film Genre 2000 : New Critical Essays / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon;
The Cambridge Companion to the Musical / edited by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird

Class Outline:

Ballad Operas, Minstrel Shows, Vaudeville, Burlesques, Extravaganzas, Revues
Operettas
Music and Musicals of the 30's & 40's: Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin
Rogers & Hart Musicals
Cole Porter Musicals
Rogers and Hammerstein Musicals
Lerner and Loewe Musicals
Musicals of the 50's, 60’s
Musicals of the 70’s- turn of the century
Perform Musical Theater, Film Adaptation Scene

Project: Musical Theater, Film Adaptation, E-Portfolio Blog

For each of the categories include the following:

· Definition

· History

· Film adaptations

· Examples

Grading-

· 2/3 of the final grade are to be based on the blog
(content, style that includes correct citation form)

· 1/3 of the final grade is to be based on the final musical theater film adaptation performance

Objectives-Student will be able to trace the development of American musical theater film adaptations. Student will be able to discuss elements of musical theater and its film adaptations through American history. Student will be able to discuss characterization, theme, plot, theater style, music, spectacle, and choreography throughout the history of American musical theater adaptations.