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Musical Theatre Timeline

1590

Opera is a performance which started in the 1590s in Italy. It is a piece of performance which has the combination of a musical score and a libretto. This form of musical theatre includes spoken word too, such as some scenery, acting, costumes and dance. Opera is most commonly performed in an Opera house with music accompaniment in the form of an orchestra.

1830

Minstrel shows

This form of musical theatre was entrainment in America, these types of performance contained comical sketches, variety acts, dancing and music. This was performed mainly by white people with 'black face' (black painted faces).

It was a poor representation of black people depicting them to be ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous and musical.

The mistrel show first began in the early 1830s but did not become popular until the 1840s. It was still a form of entertainment until 1910, performances from amateurs lasted until the 1960s. As black people began to become victorious against racism, the popularity began to decrease.

1850

This type of musical theatre was popular between 1850 and 1960 and it was known as Music Hall. It entailed a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts. British Music Hall was quite similar to American Vaudeville, in which in contained comedy acts and rousing songs.

1860

Burlesque is a form of entertainment that is an extravagant parody of drama, musical or a piece of literacy. Burlesque is later used as a term for performances of variety acts, this type of Burlesque was extremely popular from the 1860s to the 1940s. This was often performed as past of cabarets acts and at clubs, it was even performed in theatres too. These featured bold comedy and female striptease acts. The popularity of Burlesque lessened however, recently it has become more popular once again.

1871

Gilbert and Sullivan is a duo of composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S Gilbert. In their lifetime they created fourteen comedic operas such as The Mikado and the Pirates of Penzance. Many of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas consists of surprise changes and how everything becomes more dramatic towards the end. Their first opera was in 1871 and their last in 1899.

1880

Vaudeville is another form of entertainment from America. This form of entertainment was like a variety act. The beginning of Vaudeville began in the1880s and the popularity declined in the 1930s.

A Vaudeville performance was made up of many different scenes and acts that were grouped together. Many Vaudeville acts consisted of magic, singers, dancers, scenes from plays, acrobatics, movies and minstels. Vaudeville was known as the ‘The Heart of the American Show business’ for many decades. Vaudeville was the most popular type of entrainment in America at that time.

1904

In 1904, Musical comedy started and it is type a musical or play or movie in which it has a simple yet funny and emotional plot, and musical numbers. Musical theatre contained thing from every single genre, packed with colourful sets and bright costumes

1923

Film Musicals are musicals that are in Hollywood films. This is where characters of the film will sing songs to advance the plot line. Most of these musicals involved a subgenre of musical comedy, which combined music, comedy and dancing. The first film musical was in 1923.

1961

Rock Musicals

This form of musical is one where all the songs are of one genre or band. Some rock musicals follow a story through song. The first rock musical was in 1960s. some examples of rock musicals are: Hair, Grease, Rent, Spring Awakening, and Next to Normal.

1975

Musicals that contain popular songs with a connection with an era or band, are known as Jukebox Musicals. The songs are sung in certain parts of the musical to fit the plot. Usually if the musical numbers are from a band or musician, the plot will be a biographical story. For example Buddy was about the life of Buddy Holly and Mamma Mia was about the music of ABBA. The first Jukebox musical was in 1975.

By Ben Wesley

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