STUDY GUIDE
SUMMER 2000 - FINAL
FINE ARTS THEATER

NOTE: FINAL EXAM IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE

Bring a #2 Pencil.

There are 25 multiple choice questions worth 2pts. each.

There are also 19 short answer questions worth a total of 50pts.

Musical Theater

Definition

Historical perspective

Names, dates, etc.

The process of writing musicals

Recent past re: sales -  80% of all Broadway sales

Phase I - characteristics

Phase II - characteristics

Titles and Playwrights discussed

The Modern Musical

60's - 90's change in Musical

Big names: Who are these people?
    Stephen Sondheim
    Andew L. Webber
    George C. Wolfe
    Julie Taymor
    Tommy Tune
    Bob Fosse

Current stuff - Rent, Lion King

Where is it Happening

Where is theater today:
    Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway
    What are the diff. of the above?

Commercial Theatre?

Non-Profit Theatre?

Not for Profit Professional Regional Theatres

Non Professional: Community, summer stock and academic

What is the state of American Theatre today?

Nunsense

Playwright
Names of Nuns
Events in Musical
Some Minutia