Musicals
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (10 класс)

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Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance . Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have been called « musicals » .

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Some famous musicals include :

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Show Boat is a musical in two acts based on a novel by Edna Ferber with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein.The show’s dominant themes include racial prejudice and tragic love. The show opened on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on December 27, 1927 .

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My Fair Lady is a musical based upon Bernard Shaw ’ s Pygmalion with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story tells about Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl who takes lessons from professor Henry Higgins so that she can pass as a lady. The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a hit, setting a new record for the longest run of any musical theatre production in history.

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West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . The musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 1957 .

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Hair is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot . Hair tells the story of a group of politically active, long-haired hippies fighting against conscription to the Vietnam War and living in New York City. The show opened on Broadway in April 1968.

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Chicago is a musical set in prohibition times Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the « celebrity criminal. » The Broadway production opened June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre.

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Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical first opened in London’s West End in 1981 and then on Broadway in 1982.

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The Phantom of the Opera is a musical based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart. The musical tells about a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious musical genius known as « The Phantom of the Opera. » The musical was opened in London’s West End in 1986.

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Rent is a rock opera, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème . It tells the story of a group of young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s East Side under the shadow of AIDS. The musical was first seen in the New York Theatre in 1994.

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The Producers is a comedy-musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from film of the same name.The story tells about two theatrical producers in Broadway who are planning to get rich. The musical opened on April 19, 2001.