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History of Broadway (Radio Edit)

2024/12/20
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Desiree Burch
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Greg Jenner
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Hannah Thuraisingham Robbins
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Greg Jenner: 我作为主持人,引导讨论,并提出问题,例如百老汇音乐剧的定义、不同时期音乐剧的演变、以及一些标志性音乐剧的分析。我还会穿插一些幽默的评论,活跃现场气氛。 Hannah Thuraisingham Robbins: 我作为音乐剧研究专家,从学术角度分析百老汇音乐剧的历史,包括其起源、不同时期音乐剧的风格特点、以及种族和性别在音乐剧中的体现。我会深入探讨一些重要的音乐剧作品,例如《绿野仙踪》、《Shuffle Along》和《俄克拉荷马!》,并分析它们对百老汇音乐剧发展的影响。 Desiree Burch: 我作为喜剧演员,从一个普通观众的角度看待百老汇音乐剧,分享我的观剧体验和感受。我会对一些音乐剧作品发表个人评论,并与其他嘉宾进行互动,增添节目的趣味性。 Hannah Thuraisingham Robbins: 我研究了百老汇音乐剧的起源,从早期的杂耍、滑稽剧和黑人歌谣剧,到20世纪初的《绿野仙踪》和《In Dahomey》,以及20世纪20年代的《Shuffle Along》。我还分析了不同时期音乐剧的风格特点,例如20世纪40年代和50年代的“黄金时代”以及20世纪70年代大型音乐剧的兴起。我特别关注种族和性别在百老汇音乐剧中的体现,以及它们如何影响音乐剧的创作和发展。 我深入研究了罗杰斯和汉默斯坦、伯恩斯坦和桑德海姆等重要作曲家和编剧对百老汇音乐剧的贡献,以及他们作品中所体现的社会和文化背景。我还探讨了音乐剧中歌曲的功能,以及它们如何推动剧情发展和表达人物情感。 此外,我还分析了安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯对百老汇音乐剧的影响,以及他如何将技术、音乐、灯光和制作元素结合起来,创造出能够在世界各地复制演出的大型音乐剧。 Desiree Burch: 我分享了我对百老汇音乐剧的个人感受和看法,包括我对不同音乐剧作品的评价,以及我对音乐剧中歌曲、表演和舞台效果的感受。我特别关注音乐剧中演员的表演,以及他们如何将角色的情感和故事传达给观众。 我还谈到了我对大型音乐剧的看法,以及我对怀旧音乐剧的看法。我与其他嘉宾进行了互动,分享了一些幽默的评论,并表达了我对百老汇音乐剧的热爱。

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This chapter defines the Broadway musical, highlighting its unique blend of singing, drama, spectacle, and storytelling through song, distinguishing it from other musical forms like opera and popular music.
  • Definition of a Broadway musical as a combination of singing, drama, and spectacle.
  • The singing style in musicals is different from popular music and opera.
  • Musicals use singing to communicate the content of a story rather than just communicating through song.

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Greg Jenner is joined in 20th-century New York by Dr Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins and comedian Desiree Burch to learn about the history of Broadway.

Most of us are familiar with at least one Broadway musical, from classics like My Fair Lady and the Sound of Music to new favourites Hamilton and Wicked. In the last couple of decades, high-profile film adaptations of shows like Chicago, Cats and Les Misérables have brought musical theatre to a bigger audience than ever before. But whether or not you know your Rodgers & Hammerstein from your Lloyd Webber, the history of Broadway is perhaps more of a mystery.

This episode explores all aspects of musical theatre, from its origins in the early years of the 20th century, to the ‘Golden Age’ in the 50s and the rise of the megamusical in the 80s. Along the way, Greg and his guests learn about the racial and class dynamics of Broadway, uncover musical flops and triumphs, and find out exactly what ‘cheating out’ is.

This is a radio edit of the original podcast episode. For the full-length version, please look further back in the feed.

Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Hannah Campbell Hewson, Annabel Storr and Anna McCully Stewart Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Production Coordinator: Ben Hollands Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse Executive Editor: James Cook