Children, Childhood, and Musical Theater
Children, Childhood, and Musical Theater

Author: Donelle Ruwe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-02-19

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1317167732

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Bringing together scholars from musicology, literature, childhood studies, and theater, this volume examines the ways in which children's musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of musicals, including works inspired by the books of children's authors such as Roald Dahl, P.L. Travers, and Francis Hodgson Burnett; created by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lionel Bart, and other leading lights of musical theater; or conceived for a cast made up entirely of children. The collection examines musicals that propagate or complicate normative attitudes regarding what childhood is or should be. It also considers the child performer in movie musicals as well as in professional and amateur stage musicals. This far-ranging collection highlights the special place that musical theater occupies in the imaginations and lives of children as well as adults. The collection comes at a time of increased importance of musical theater in the lives of children and young adults.

From Backpacks to Broadway
From Backpacks to Broadway

Author: Rekha S. Rajan

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-12-31

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1610485629

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Musical theater is a dynamic, collaborative art form, which encompasses music, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Traditionally associated with adult performers, musicals also have roles designated specifically for children. How then does involvement in musical theater support children’s learning through the performing arts? What do children value from their musical theater experiences and how do these experiences influence children’s personal, social, and artistic lives? Based on a decade of research, this book explores these questions through children’s participation as singers, actors, and dancers, in school-based, community, and professional musical theater. By valuing children’s voices as important in understanding experience, Rajan constructs a framework of musical theater participation, and applies broader educational implications to highlight the unique characteristics of musical theater in children’s lives.

Show Time!
Show Time!

Author: Lisa Bany-Winters

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1556523610

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Introduces the concepts of music, dance, and acting, suggesting how to create a musical production through games and role-playing and describing all aspects of a show from auditions to curtain call.

Snow White
Snow White

Author: Patricia Rickard-Lauri

Publisher: Barcelona Publishers(NH)

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780962408069

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A beautiful book providing everything needed to teach and direct a children's production of Snow White. Included are the story, a play version, a musical score, production notes, and a compact disk for the actual performance. No parts or extra copies are needed! The story is a simplified adaptation of Grimm's fairy tale, presented with exquisite color ink drawings of actual children who have performed the play. The story is accompanied by a glossary defining the more difficult words, and suggestions on how to present it to the children. The play is a formal script consisting of a narrative, dialogue, stage and lighting cues, and music directives. The score contains all the music and songs in the sequence in which they are to be performed. For those groups without an accomplished pianist, an audio CD is included with both voice and instrumental renditions of each song. Depending on the scope of the production, the entire score may or may not be used. The production notes provide a guide for how to use the play, suggestions for costume and set design, and a complete child-centered approach for preparing the children to participate. Though originally developed for children with special needs, this play and guide can bring the joys of musical theatre to children of all ability levels.

Key Change
Key Change

Author: Children’s Theatre Company

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1452950334

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Key Change: New Musicals for Young Audiences presents four groundbreaking musicals developed by Children’s Theatre Company, widely regarded as the leading theatre of its kind in North America. These works embody singular styles and sounds, yet all represent the robust spirit of unique people finding their way in the world. They are all sure to entertain, including the Broadway hit A Year with Frog and Toad. The quirky Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, by Lisa D’Amour, with music by Sxip Shirey, is set in a town unprepared to accept a girl born with a pouch. But eventually, with the help of her friend Sue, everyone comes to understand just how wonderful Marsupial Girl is. Madeline and the Gypsies—adapted by Barry Kornhauser from the popular book by Ludwig Bemelmans, with music by Michael Koerner—gives little Madeline and her friend Pepito a taste of circus life after they get lost at a carnival and Gypsies carry them away. In Buccaneers! (written by Liz Duffy Adams, with music by Ellen Maddow) a girl leads the young pirates who capture her toward a better life through her wits and tenacity. A Year with Frog and Toad chronicles the unlikely friendship of silly Toad and responsible Frog that endures all seasons. Based on the classic books by Arnold Lobel, adapted by Willie Reale, with music by Robert Reale, it made its mark on Broadway and was nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Each of these musicals guarantees a distinctive, delightful theatrical experience. Now teachers and children far and wide can read them in one volume and produce them in their own schools, theatres, and communities.

Oz and the Musical
Oz and the Musical

Author: Ryan Bunch

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0190843136

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"The Wizard is a lovable humbug, an artful salesman who gives his customers something to believe in, even if the thing is known to be pretend. Playing a role, he presents Dorothy's friends with talismans of brains, heart and courage and takes pride in showing them how he accomplished his illusions. Why do Dorothy's friends put their faith in the Wizard's abilities to grant their requests even after he has shown them that he has only been putting on a show? Perhaps his virtuoso performances inspire their own, and ours too. His humbug guides the philosophy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the theatrical style of the first Oz musical, the extravaganza of 1902, with implications for "American" performance and participation"--

Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K–5
Integrating the Performing Arts in Grades K–5

Author: Rekha S. Rajan

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1452203954

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Enhance the learning experience by integrating the performing arts Research documents that the arts boost learning, build confidence, and motivate students to participate in class. How do we keep the performing arts alive in this era of increased accountability and decreased funding? Rekha S. Rajan sets the stage for a creative and practical solution with detailed, concrete examples of how to integrate the performing arts into math, science, social studies, and language arts. Key features include: Step-by-step examples of how to include the performing arts in all aspects of the curriculum Ways to impact students′ learning in the cognitive, social, and artistic domains Activities that can be implemented immediately and easily Detailed lesson plans connected to the National Standards for Arts Education, National Standards for Early Childhood and Elementary Education, and Common Core Standards for Math and Language Arts Students in grades K-5 need creative venues that encourage self-confidence, self-expression, and collaboration. The performing arts provide opportunities to build personal and social skills that are an integral component of learning and development. This accessible resource provides all teachers with the tools to integrate the performing arts throughout their curriculum.

Entertaining Children
Entertaining Children

Author: G. Arrighi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-07

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1137305460

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Children have been exploited as performers and wooed energetically as consumers throughout history. These essays offer scholarly investigations into the employment and participation of children in the entertainment industry with examples drawn from historical and contemporary contexts.

Oedipus for Kids!
Oedipus for Kids!

Author: Gil Varod

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 0573663580

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2m 1f / Musical Comedy / Unit set Unfolding in real-time, Oedipus for Kids! turns the audience into attendees of the latest performance of the Fuzzy Duck Theatre Company, a three-person troupe dedicated to performing the classics for children. Having had success with previous offerings such as Uncle Tommy's Cabin, company founder Alistair has decided that the next logical step is tackling Sophocles' Oedipus Rex with songs such as "What's It Like When Ya Get The Plague?" and "A Little Complex."