Musical film

enrolled at dancing school to join his older sister When they moved to New York they continued singing, dancing, and acting. In 1905, Fred and Adele began performing in Vaudeville. In 1917 he changed his last name to Astaire and began performing in musicals. The two performed in a successful production in London,

INTRODUCTION The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film created in 1939 starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley. The film has many credited directors including Vector Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, and King Vidor. This film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is considered one of the greatest American films ever to be produced. (SOURCES:

respected ensemble settings have become standard in the repertoire, and are used in many competitions due to their technical requirements and their complex musical interpretations. He recently retired as Professor of tuba/euphonium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but still remains an active musician in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet and other musical activities. Salve Venere, Salve Marte is a contemporary and complex unaccompanied piece for solo tuba.

Phantom of the Opera”, written by Gaston Leroux, was published. In April of 1929, Universal Studios premiered a silent, black and white film based on the book (The Phantom of the Opera Website). “The Phantom of the Opera” went through many more stages until it was able to become the Broadway musical that we know today. In 1930, dialogue and music was added to the silent film and later in 1945, it was rewritten and produced in technicolor (The Phantom of the Opera Website). In 1984, Andrew Lloyd Webber came

occupies under a long-term, forty-nine-year lease and currently uses to house the musical version of The Lion King. The city and state agreed to lend Disney an additional $28 million in low-interest loans in return for 2 percent of all ticket receipts from shows staged at the theater. (Wollman 447) With its acquisition of the theatre Disney opened Beauty and the Beast, a stage musical based on the company’s popular musical film, and not long after its opening did investors such as Time Warner and Madame

singin’ in the rain has stood the test of time to be the best musical of all time (IMDb). It contains notable songs that we still use today like Good Morning. The reason why I picked the film for my scene analysis is because it was the first musical I actually enjoyed. I also picked it because it was the latest film I watched and it is still fresh in my mind. The only part that I did not like or did not get was the broadway musical part. It seemed like it was a time filler and nothing else. The

The evolution of musical theater in America can be viewed through many lenses. Through the lens of hindsight, it is easy to reflect on the treatment and portrayal of African-Americans in the contextual fruition of live entertainment in the United States. Dating back to the later half to the nineteenth and into the early twentieth century, ethnic representation in musical theater underwent a gradual change paralleling a shift in societal opinion toward racial equality. Though by today’s standards

that a work is transformed (Hutcheon 9). Her valuable points about the rationale of adaptation work is the underlying argument in the continuation of making original works more valuable and in The Phantom of the Opera, music does just that. When the musical was adapted from the novel, it heavily maintained the idea that music was the central theme within the novel’s allusions and metaphors. Music is an emotionally charged realm and can evoke the most powerful of emotions if done well. The original text

as a Musical which tells a story through music and dance-not only music. It has massively influenced Musicals and film to the extent in which this was almost seen as the new standard. It also went on to inspire a whole generation. Allowing people of that time and of modern time; to think and to challenge injustices. Bernstein highlighted the faults but also showed the stories of both sides to bring understanding and not judgement (He brought reality to Musicals). This bold take on a Musical was received

The 1980s were a tough decade for Disney animated features. There had been a string of unsuccessful films leading to speculation about the future of the company. However, in 1989 The Little Mermaid changed the division’s trajectory. In his article in Time Magazine in 2014, “How the Little Mermaid Cued the Disney Animation Renaissance” Richard Corliss notes, “Disney had earned Best Song Oscars in 1941… and in 1947…then nothing — until The Little Mermaid again changed the studio’s luck. In the past