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Miss Saigon
- Boublil and Schonberg
- Ran for 4092 performances
- Based on Puccini Opera - Madame Butterfly
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Rent
- Book and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
- Larson sets to waiting all of these songs but he is missing a strong plot
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Jonathan Larson
- Jewish Parents
- Grew up loving Drama and Theatre
- Supported himself working odd jobs while he composed
- Made Rent
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Jukebox Musicals
- Musical that uses existing music (often popular music) rather than original compositions
- A spin-off of the revue
- Started in 1970s and became famous in 1990s
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Autobiographical Jukebox Musicals
Use the musicals - use the music of one artists to tell the story of that artists
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Jersey Boys
- Type of autobiographical jukebox musical
- Tells the story of the 60s to rock group "The Four Seasons"
- Opened Oct. 4, 2005 and still goingÂ
- Won 5 Tonys including Best Musical
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The Boy from Oz
- Type of autobiographical jukebox musical
- Tells the story of Australian singer/songwriter Peter Allen
- Starred Hugh Jackman as Allen
- Opened on Broadway Oct. 16, 2003
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American Idiot
- One artist musical
- Staged version of Green Day's 2004 album of same name
- Rock opera
- Nominated for 3 Tonys
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Mamma Mia
- One artist musical
- Music of Abba
- Nominated for 5 tonys
- Film in 2008 starred Meryl Strep and Amanda Seyfried
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Crazy for you
- One artist musical
- Features the songs of George and Ira Gershwin
- Opened Feb 19, 1992
- Nominated for 9 Tonys and won 3
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Rock of Ages
- Multiple artists musical
- Compilation of 1980s arena rock
- Ran for 2000 performances as of April 6
- Nominated for 5 Tonys
- Film in 2012
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The Lion King
- Opened Nov 13, 1997
- Directed by Julie Taynor
- Biggest Disney musical hit on broadway
- Won 5 of 10 Tony nomination
- Animal puppets
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Beauty and the Beast
- 1st Disney musical
- Opened April 18, 1994
- Nominated for 9 Tonys and won for costumes
- Opened the door for other Disney Broadway creations
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Next to Normal
- Opened April 15, 2009
- Ran for 722 performances
- Nominated for 12 Tonys (including best musical) and won 4
- Won the Pulitzer prize for drama in 2009
- Tells the story of a family dealing with mental illness
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Wicked
- Composer - Steven Schwartz
- Director - Joe Mantello
- Starred Idina Menzel and Christin Chenowith
- Opened Oct. 30, 2003
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Lin Manuel Miranda
- Grew up in NY
- Born to Puerto Rican parents
- Style melds rock, rap, Latin, and classical musical theatre
- In the Heights (2008) and Bring it on (2012)
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Robert Lopez
- Grew up in Manhattan of Filipino descent
- Classical musical theatre style with pop influences
- Avenue Q (2003), Book of Mormon (2011) Frozen (2013)
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Andrew Lippa
- Born in England - came to the US in the late 1960s
- Heavily influenced by Sondheim
- The wild party (off broadway 2000) , You're a good man Charlie Brown (1999), The Addams Family (2011)
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Elton John
- Billy Elliott (2009)
- Lion King (1997)
- Aida (2008)
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Duncan Sheik
- 1990s one hit wonder
- Spring Awakening (2006)
- - Based on play from 1891 of same name
- - Lyrics and Book by Steven Stater
- Won 8 Tonys including Best muiscal and best score
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Spider-Man turn off the dark
- Opened June. 14, 2011
- Original Director - Julie Taymor
- Music - Bono and the Edge
- Show cost 1.5M per week to stage
- Show lost $60M when it closed on Jan '14
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Tony Awards
- Named for Antoinette Perry
- Started in 1947
- Shows that open before cutoff date in eligible Broadway theatre
- Impact on musicals
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Archival Revivals
Took original production and remount it
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Traditional Revivals
Pretty close to the musical that was already done
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Revisionist Revivals
A lot of things get changed
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Revisal
Significant Changes
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Pippin
- Original Production: Opened Oct 23, 1972
- Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
- Director/Choreographer: Bob Fosse
- Starred Ben Vereen as teh leading player
- Nominated for 11 Tonys, won 5
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Revival of Pippin
- Opened April 13, 2013 and has run 405 performances
- Won 4 of 10 Tonys including best revival
- Leading player changed to female
- Addition of circus and acrobatics
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