2. What is a
• A film or theatrical production typically of a
sentimental or humorous nature that consists of
musical numbers and dialogue based on a
unifying plot
-Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11th Ed. 2003
3. Types of
• Classical •Modern •Rock Opera
• The Sound of Music •Chicago (2002) •1970 Jesus Christ
(1965) •Moulin Rouge (2001)
• Superstar
My Fair Lady (1964) •Cry-Baby (1990) •1971 Godspell
• West Side Story •Hairspray (1988)
(1961) •1972 Pippin
•Grease (1978) •1982 Little Shop of
• Some Like It Hot
(1959) •Saturday Night Fever Horrors
• Gigi (1958) (1977) •1997 Jekyll and Hyde
• Auntie Mame •Rocky Horror Picture •2006 Tenacious D in
(1958) Show (1975) The Pick of Destiny
• Funny Face (1957) •Cabaret (1972)
• Gentlemen Prefer •Willie Wonka and the
Blondes (1953) Chocolate Factory
• The Wizard of Oz (1971)
(1939) •On a Clear Day You
• Top Hat (1935) Can See Forever
(1970)
4. • On September 3, 2006, AFI revealed the top 25 movie
musicals of all time in The Big Picture -- AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals, a one night only presentation
produced by the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Association in cooperation with AFI. A jury of over 500
film artists, composers, musicians, critics and
historians selected the Gene Kelly song-and-dance
classic SINGIN' IN THE RAIN as the most memorable
movie musical of all time. Rounding off the top 10 were
movie musicals from the 1930s to today, including:
• WEST SIDE STORY (#2)
• THE WIZARD OF OZ (#3)
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC (#4)
• CABARET (#5)
• MARY POPPINS (#6)
• A STAR IS BORN (#7)
• MY FAIR LADY (#8)
• AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (#9)
• MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (#10).
5. – Oklahoma
– Annie
– Mamma Mia
– Singing in the Rain
– Oliver
– West Side Story
– Phantom of the Opera
– Wizard of OZ
– Grease 1
– Sound of Music
– Music Man
– Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
– Mary Poppins
– Nightmare Before Christmas
– Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
– Fiddler on the Roof
– Moulin Rouge
– Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
– Sweeny Todd
– Disney Movies
6. Rodger and Hammerstein
(1943) Oklahoma!
(1945) Carousel
(1945) State Fair
(1947) Allegro
(1949) South Pacific
(1951) The King and I
(1953) Me and Juliet
(1955) Pipe Dream
(1957) Cinderella
(1958) Flower Drum Song
(1959) The Sound of Music
(1962) State Fair
(1965) Cinderella
(1993) A Grand Night for Singing
(1996) State Fair
(1997) Cinderella
(2001) South Pacific
7.
8. Singing in the rain is about the
movement of going from silent
movement to sound movies.
The main character Don
Lockwood, played by Gene Kelly,
is a silent movie star having to
make his move into the sound
movies.
9. According to Brett C. Stockdill, the AIDS
movement, particularly in the late 1980s
and continuing through the early 1990s, is
characterized as a movement “because it
was composed of a diverse set of people
whose needs were not being met by
existing dominant institutions, such as the
government, the medical establishment,
and pharmaceutical corporations, and who
used ‘politics by other means’ to further
their collective interests.”
11. Julie Andrews
Musicals
•Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella 1957
•Mary Poppins 1964
•Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Sound of Music 1965
12. Dick Van Dyke
Musicals
•Bye Bye Birdie 1963
•Mary Poppins 1964
•Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
13. Musicals
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Gene Kelly Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Cover Girl (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Living in a Big Way (1947)
The Pirate (1948)
Words and Music (1948)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
On The Town (1949)
Summer Stock (1950)
An American in Paris (1951)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Brigadoon (1954)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Les Girls (1957)
Let’s Make Love (1960)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Xanadu (1980)
14. Musical Examples
Aladdin – A Whole New World
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLsdJlfA23E
RENT – Seasons of Love
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8iTeDl_Wug
Annie – It’s A Hard Knock Life
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR80EEsWauU
15. Use in Classroom
• Musicals have great music to play for
children. The different types give the
students a wide variety to dance along
to. Many songs change tempo. The
students can move to the music and
display how it makes them feel.
• Teachers can show students an
example of musicals and then arrange
a musical for the class to put on for
parents or the school.
