historical icons in musical theater
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Presented By: Quiana Holmes
Historical Icons in Musical Theater
What is Musical Theater?
A Form of Performance
Song/music
Dialogue
Acting
Dance
George Cohan
• Playwright
• Lyricist
• Actor
• Singer
• Dancer
Cohan’s Famous Works
• “The Governor's Son” The
Four Cohans (1901)
• Johnny Jones (1904)
• “Forty-Five Minutes From
Broadway” (1905)
• “The Tavern” (1920)
• “Molly Malone” (1925)
• “The Miracle Man” (1925)
• “Hello Broadway” (1925)
Cohan’s Accomplishments• One of leading “Tin Pan
Alley” Songwriters
• Published over 300
original songs
• Produced more than
fifty Broadway Musicals
from 1904 to 1920
Rodgers and Hammerstein
• Richard Roger
composed music
• Oscar Hammerstein
wrote lyrics
• American Musical
Theatre composing
team
Famous Works• Oklahoma (1943)
• Carousel (1945)
• South Pacific (1949)
• The King and I (1951)
• “Cinderella: Television Broadcast” (1957)
• Sound of Music (1959)
Accomplishments• Thirty-four Tony Awards
• Fifteen Academy
Awards
• Pulitzer Prize
• Two Grammy Awards
Bob Fosse
• American dancer
• Chorographer
• Director
• Screenwriter
• Actor
Fosse Style of Dance • “Fosse Amoeba"
• sideways shuffling
• rolled shoulders
• jazz hands
• He loved to incorporate props in his dancing.
Famous Works
• The Pajama Game
• “How to Succeed in
Business Without Really
Trying”
• “Sweet Charity”
• “Chicago.”
Artists Inspired by Fosse
Beyoncé is known to look to
Bob Fosse for dance
inspiration.
Artists Inspired by Fosse
(Continued)
Michael Jackson was
another artist that turned to
Bob Fosse for dance
inspiration.
There are so many people that have helped form what musicaltheatre is today, even though I have only mentioned a few.
Musical Theatre is an art form that will forever change and grow.Thank you for listening!