The Concordiensis, Volume 22, Number 24

Advertisements; Our Navy in the War with Spain; Junior Hop; Professor Ashmore at Cooperstown; Union vs. University of Vermont; Dr. Raymond Complimented; Medical College Commencement; Phi Beta Kappa Chapter at Vassar; Editorials; Personals; Musicals\u27 New York Trip; College Y.M.C.A. Presidents in Conference; Alumni Notes; Advertisementshttps://digitalworks.union.edu/concordiensis_1899/1012/thumbnail.jp

Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s

Book review of Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s, by Kimberly Monteyne (2013)

Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s

Book review of Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s, by Kimberly Monteyne (2013)

A Guide to the Production of Broadway Musicals in High School in a Selected Geographical Area

The performance of Broadway Musicals by high school students as an integral part of their public school music education is a relatively new concept. The apparent absence of any written material directly relating to the concept has created a need for information among directors faced with the task of producing a show ·using high school students. The purpose of this study was to prepare a guide to the anticipation and solution of these problems endemic to high school student productions of Broadway Musicals. The preparation of a catalog of those agencies that rent the scores, scripts, dialogue books, stage manager\u27s guides, orchestra parts, sets, costumes, scenery, and properties was to be compiled to assist directors in their planning of a production. Directors and other professional persons involved in the theater or in businesses or industries directly related or closely associated with the theater were interviewed where possible to gain information applicable to this study. Written correspondence and telephone conversations were also employed in an effort to gain information for inclusion in the study. The Turfery and Palmer book The Musical Production, Engel\u27s book Planning and Producing the Musical Show, and Huber\u27s Producing Opera In The College were read and related portions were discussed to allow application of the material to the production of musicals by high school students. Observations of the working methods of professional persons were made and those methods capable of incorporation were discussed. An experimental production employing the recommendations of the study was undertaken to test the validity of those recommendations. The results of the experimental production were consistent with the purposes of the study and appeared to lend credence to the validity of the procedures suggested. The results of the study would appear to support the following conclusions: 1. The performance of Broadway Musicals by high school students offers educators a vehicle for enjoyable student self realization and the development of aesthetic discrimination. Thus, such endeavors serve both an educational and an aesthetic function which justifies their inclusion as an integral part of the school curriculum. 2. Performances of Broadway Musicals by high school students offer a means of earning revenue for school use consistent with the purposes of education

Hamilton: Musical Theater, Public History’s New Frontier?

Hamilton is one of Broadway’s newest musicals and it’s the hottest thing to hit the stage in a long time. The show, a rap-opera, follows the life of Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s ‘forgotten Founding Father.’ The show has had immense success since it opened in August 2015, with thousands of followers on the show’s Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube pages. It has exploded from the stage into a cultural phenomenon, but what makes the story of this Founding Father so compelling for audiences? Previous productions of historical musicals and plays have failed on the stage, while Hamilton thrives. What is its secret? [excerpt

Political and Protest Theatre after 9/11: Patriotic Dissent

Lindsey Mantoan reviews Political and Protest Theatre after 9/11: Patriotic Dissent (edited by Jenny Spencer) for Theatre Topics

A Proleptic Perspective of Music Education

By explaining the cultural mechanism of \u27prolepsis\u27 through examples of my own teaching, I posit that all too often educators\u27 and teacher educators\u27 (purely \u27ideal\u27) recall of our pasts and imagination of our students\u27 futures become fundamentally materialized constraints on our students\u27 life experiences in the present

The integration of dance as a dramatic element in broadway musical theatre

This study traces the development and growth of dance on the Broadway stage and the parallel growth of the effectiveness of choreography in enhancing the musical Theatre libretto. The study surveys the origins and early evolution of stage dance in the United States from 1775 to the introduction of ballet choreography in 1922. It concludes with an examination of Selected scripts which use choreography to dramatize the musical Theatre libretto, 1922 to 1990

Spartan Daily, April 18, 2017

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