Genre: Musical Theatre

 

The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan, 1885 

Information on the Stratford Festival production of The Mikado, directed by Norman Campbell, 1984.  We will watch portions of this in class.  Pay particular attention to the staging of this musical and the use of simple set and props.

West Side Story - Concept/Choreography by Jerome Robbins; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, 1957  

The photo below is from a stage production.  When we watch the 1961 film version in class, consider what choices were  made in adapting the choreography from stage to screen.  The 1961 film stars Natalie Wood as Maria.





 

Hair - off-Broadway, 1967; Broadway 1968; Music by Galt McDermit; Book and Lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni

Les Miserables -  English production - London's West End, 1985

Music	Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics	Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (French lyrics) Herbert Kretzmer (English adaptation)
Book	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Trevor Nunn and John Caird (adaptation)
Basis	1862 novel by Victor Hugo Les Misérables