剛整理好的Musical note! 雖然我向來不愛沒大腦的歌舞劇,但它的確是演員磨練演技好地方與利潤極高的行業

以下是從歐洲歷史談到美國盛況

除了這兩大洲外,幾乎所有古文明的戲劇都已有歌舞劇的雛型

European musical history

Greek (tragedy)-Roman-Middle Age(mysterious play)-Renaissance(Commedia dell’arte)-1700s (ballad opera+comic opera)-1900s (music hall+melodrama+burlesque)

USA musical history

1752—1^st theater company arrival (Virginia)

1753—Moved to New York

1840s—theater activities moved to lower Manhattan

1850—theater activities moved to Time Square

1866—The Black Crook, 1^st musical piece in USA

Modern Musical

1898—1^st African musical A trip to Coontown

20^th century—USA replaced Britain

1927—Show Boat the 1^st fully integrated musical

1930s—Great Depression+talkie films impact

1940s~1960s—Golden Era

1940s—Oklahoma, masterpiece of tightly integration of musical elements

1950s—Ended w/ Sound of Music

1960s—the impact of Show Boat, the civil right /homosexual themes. Racial integration on stage (white+black)

1970s—Rock musical/African American productions/alternative themes (Chicago)

1980s—Mega-musical+Pop operas (ex: Les Miserable/Miss Saigon/Cats)