American Musical Theatre

Catalog description

This course is a chronological survey exploring American musical theatre from early beginnings to the present. Designed to teach its origin and development through historical references and cultural analysis with emphasis on minstrels, operetta, revues, revivals, and other types of multicultural traditions to include skills specific to musical theatre such as music, vocals, and movement. In lecture/ discussion format, students examine examples to illustrate elements, techniques, and structural forms of musical theatre. This course is cross listed with HUMN 213.