THEA 110 Exam II with Complete Solutions

THEA 110 Exam II with Complete Solutions 1947 Abraham Levitt (and sons) - developed an idyllic escape from city life - helped to alleviate housing demands brought on by growing number of American families (post WWII baby boom) - idea of "traditional family values" could be celebrated in suburbia Abe Burrows - lived - started in radio writing for popular radio shows of the day - involved in over 19 broadway shows - awarded the Pulitzer from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" Annie Get Your Gun - Book Herbert and Dorothy Fields Annie Get Your Gun - Composers Jerome Kern (who dies in 1945) and then Irving Berlin Annie Get Your Gun - Implications - This became Irving Berlin's (and Ethel Merman's) biggest hit and the third longest running show of the 1940s - Premiering in 1946, just after the conclusion of WWII this musical offers a new take on a female lead character Annie Get Your Gun - Lyrics Irving Berlin Annie Get Your Gun - Music Irving Berlin Annie Get Your Gun - Opening Date/Performances 1946 for 1147 performances Annie Get Your Gun - Producers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II Annie Get Your Gun - Story Annie Oakley turns out to be an excellent shot with a rifle. So good, in fact, that she is encouraged to join up with the Buffalo Bill Traveling Wild West Show. She falls for Frank Butler but she is better at shooting than him. Frank is not happy about this so they have a final match for the ultimate shooter and Annie decides to let frank win so they can be happily married. Annie Oakley - Born Phoebe Ann Moses on August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio - Married fellow marksman Frank Butler in 1876 - Beat him at an 1875 Thanksgiving shooting competition - Became star attraction for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shoe - Retired 1913; died 1926 - Learned to shoot out of necessity to support her family; had to shoot game for the local grocery store to make money - Could shoot off the end of a cigarette out of her husband's mouth Arthur Laurents - lived - plawright, director, and screenwriter - victim of the HUAC and the subsequent blacklist, although he eventually Black Codes These codes were meant to give lawful structure to the supremacy of the white race regardless of the prohibition of slavery. They included policies for things like vagrancy, segregation, voting rights, and citizenship. They also gave way to the Jim Crow laws. Broadway and the Great Depression - For the most part Broadway did yeoman's work in trying to combat a national feeling of "depression" - The shows of the early 30s depicted "the carefree living and leisure pursuits of Americans at home or abroad" Cabaret - Book Joe Masteroff Cabaret - Choreographer Ron Field Cabaret - Director Harold Prince Cabaret - Lyrics Fred Ebb