STUDY GUIDE
EXAM III
FINE ARTS THEATRE

NOTE: BRING A #2 PENCIL TO THE EXAM!

There are 35 multiple choice questions, 2 pts each, worth a total of 70 pts.

There are also short answer questions worth a total of 30 pts.

Musical Theater: Chapter 9     KNOW YOUR MUSICAL THEATRE!
    Definition
    Historical perspective
    Names, dates, etc.
    Recent past re: sales

    Phase I - characteristics

    Phase II - characteristics

    Titles and Playwrights discussed

    The Modern Musical

    60's - 90's change in Musical

    Big names:

    Sondheim, Andew L. Webber, George C.Wolfe,             
    Julie Taymor, Tommy Tune, Bob Fosse, Susan Stroman

    Current stuff - Rent, Lion King

The Journey through Musical theatre: Videos we viewed: KNOW NAMES AND TITLES DISCUSSED
    Into the Woods        Cats
    Romance Romance    Nunsense
    Sweeney Todd          Les Miserables

The Director: Chapter 6

    Art of directing

    2 levels of skill

    Historical Perspective

    Duke Saxe-Meiningen

    Phases:
        Prep Phase -4 stages
        Implement Phase - 5 stages

Training

Modern Theatre: Chapter 8

Dates
Realism: What constitutes Realism
Pioneers in Realism

Naturalism

American Realism
    major playwrights

Anti-Realism
Stylization
    Symbolism
    Expressionism
    Theatre of Cruelty
    Theatre of the Absurd
    Comedy of Contemporary Manners
    Political Satire
 

Theater Today: Chapter 10
    Modern and Postmodern
    Three Movements in current theatre
        Revival, Postmodern exp., and Open theatre

Shakespeare Festivals

Open Theatre: Woman, African Amer., Hispanic, East-West, Gay/Lesbian, Differently Abled,

Where is theater today:
    Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway

Regional Theatre

Non Professional: Community, summer stock and academic

Non-Profit status but professional

Names and Plays discussed in class

The Critic: Chapter 11
    Definition

    Where to find criticism

    5 perspectives

    3 kind of critic

    5 requirements of a good critic