https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a Made with a love for theatre en-us 2019-08-27 03:00:23 UTC 2019-12-09 21:28:36 UTC hello@padlet.com erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377346686 We get to learn about musicals!!!]]> 2019-08-27 03:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377346686 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377347201 A theatrical presentation where story is told through music, speech, and movement in an integrated whole. ]]> 2019-08-27 03:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377347201 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377349347 But it has not always been this way. ]]> 2019-08-27 03:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377349347 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377350776 Musicals are designed to either spark up a conversation, hit you in your core, or make you reflect on who you are as a person. That is why they affect people so much. ]]> 2019-08-27 03:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377350776 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377352063 Musicals actually started with the influence of Opera. Operettas, were created, and eventually the book musical came along, which is what is used in theatre today.]]> 2019-08-27 03:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377352063 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377353418 When the Europeans came to America, they tried to eliminate any threat to their society, which included any indigenous people. They were pushed out of their land for the American Dream. Messed up right?]]> 2019-08-27 03:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/377353418 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379185206 The Greeks started their influence in theatre with tragedies. Men were the focus during these times so women were barely even on stage.]]> 2019-09-02 16:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379185206 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379186356 To the Greeks, it was actually seen as dangerous for women to openly perform on stage, so men played both women and men characters.]]> 2019-09-02 17:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379186356 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379187218 In Seventeenth century Europe, opera was created and women were allowed to participate. For the first time, women were allowed to sing with men. ]]> 2019-09-02 17:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379187218 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379192629 Some men were given surgery to ensure that their voices would never change giving them a high range forever. Some of the music that would be sung by women in Opera would double as Castrati music, if the companies knew the audiences would not respond well to performing women. ]]> 2019-09-02 17:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379192629 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379254813 Aphra Behn was the first professional female playwright, and she went completely against social norms to become one. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379254813 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379255408 - Monteverdi
- Purcell
- Mozart
- Wagner
- Verdi
- Puccini]]> 2019-09-03 01:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379255408 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379255791 An Operetta is technically a short opera with some spoken dialogue. It gave us the basic backbone for how contemporary musical theatre is set up.]]> 2019-09-03 01:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379255791 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379256851 Gilbert and Sullivan are two of the most famous Operetta writers in history, and gave us some classics like the Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379256851 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379257539 Operettas were then taken and turned into variety shows that took off around the United States. From comedy shows to vaudeville shows, Americans were drawn into the spectacle of it all. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379257539 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379258465 The Ziegfield Follies are an example of the spectacle show that distracted Americans of the trouble they were having in their real life.]]> 2019-09-03 01:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379258465 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379258937 With the variety shows, came the book musical. The book musical consists of a score and script, and is sometimes shorter than operettas. They can also include choreography, and the book musical is what you still see today. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379258937 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379259923 Dance Musicals are musicals that focus on the beauty in choreography, and movement. For example, A Chorus Line, Cats, Newsies, An American in Paris, and Sweet Charity. These musicals are also known for their spectacle. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379259923 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379260665 A lot of musicals were loved so much by so many people that they were turned into movies. There were also some original ideas that were sent immediately to the screen. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379260665 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379261499 Disney movies came from the concept of movie musicals. They decided to come out with new animated musicals, starting with Snow White in 1944. ]]> 2019-09-03 01:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379261499 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379262004 There has been a lot of criticisms over the years that Disney princesses have not been diverse enough. For a while, there was a cookie cutter Disney princess look. The first POC Disney movie came out in 1995 with Pocahontas, even though they didn't tell her story exactly ... ]]> 2019-09-03 01:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379262004 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379263640 Acting on TV and Film has changed a lot over the years and not everyone is on board with it. Just recently, Disney started remaking classic movie musicals to look more real. They use CGI, which allows them to have more distinctive features. ]]> 2019-09-03 02:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379263640 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379265197 The difference between CGI and normal film acting is that you can see emotions more distinctly on an open human face, and the emotions can sometimes get clouded because it blurs the line with reality so much.]]> 2019-09-03 02:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379265197 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379266438 The Concept musical is a musical that follows along with different feelings and emotions through song, but does not have a cohesive plot. For example, Out of Our Heads by Kooman and Dimond is a concept musical.]]> 2019-09-03 02:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379266438 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268404 Mongrel America describes the Americans that were not purely one breed aka people with many different cultures in their blood line.]]> 2019-09-03 02:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268404 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268459 Throughout the History of America, people have tried to fit into this mold of what a true American should be. For so long people have tried to say that everyone is equal, but there have been many issues with race and culture throughout our country.]]> 2019-09-03 02:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268459 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268787 Virginia and Maryland were the only two areas that had no censorship when it came to theatre.]]> 2019-09-03 02:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379268787 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269139 A jukebox musical is a musical that is comprised of songs that were already written and put into a storyline. ]]> 2019-09-03 02:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269139 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269172 Jon Gaye took sixty Tavern songs in 1728 and put it into something called a Beggars Opera, thus creating the Jukebox musical. These musicals were known to make fun of the Aristocracy.]]> 2019-09-03 02:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269172 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269314 in 1774, the founding fathers put a ban on plays. They said that Americans were no longer allowed to perform shows.]]> 2019-09-03 02:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269314 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269648 There is a wide range of musicals that can be considered Jukebox musicals. As long as you are taking songs already written and putting them together with a storyline, you have one. ]]> 2019-09-03 02:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269648 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269710 Though it was quite dangerous, George Washington decided to let some of his troops perform shows for each other. He was told specifically to stop by the founding fathers which happened in 1778.]]> 2019-09-03 02:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379269710 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379270048 Not necessarily progressive, but it allowed plays to be performed again. ]]> 2019-09-03 02:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379270048 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379272263 For example, Italian people, Irish people, and African people were seen as Mongrels and were discriminated against when they first came to America. Then, the standard for what was considered to be acceptable changed and people of African decent were the ones being discriminated against.]]> 2019-09-03 02:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379272263 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379274177 Some examples of Jukebox musicals are, Mama Mia, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. All Shook Up, and Motown the Musical.]]> 2019-09-03 02:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/379274177 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381393569 America didn't have trained actors at the time, so we asked for aid from England. They sent a bunch of English actors over to train others. There was a huge flood of them, and theatre kicked back up in 1790.]]> 2019-09-09 00:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381393569 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381394262 For as long as we know, Disney movies have always followed along with the damsel in distress storyline. The woman needs a big strong man to come and save her from her boring or toxic life. Due to Elsa and Moana, Disney no longer plays into those standards as much, but there is still some weight held with the patriarchal characters.]]> 2019-09-09 01:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381394262 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381400692 Chicago housed the first theatre, and showboats started going up and down the Mississippi in 1847.]]> 2019-09-09 01:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381400692 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381402365 The first showboat was owned by the Chapman family from England. The first showboat was opened in 1831 in Pittsburgh. The nine person Chapman family was the entire cast and crew. ]]> 2019-09-09 01:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381402365 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381403828 Circus boats were also a thing, which featured animal acts. There were even large equestrian exhibits. ]]> 2019-09-09 01:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381403828 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381413944 Circuses, freak shows, and vaudeville acts were a huge hit on Showboats, along with minstrel shows after the civil war. The melodrama became a huge hit in the guided age. Later, in the 1930's the variety shows switched to Burlesque shows to cater to older audiences. ]]> 2019-09-09 02:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381413944 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381414703 in 1927, Jerome Kern wrote a musical called Showboat, which touched on the lives of the families that worked on Showboats throughout this era. ]]> 2019-09-09 02:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381414703 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381422339 The Goldenrod was the last known Showboat to be sailing, and it stopped its productions in 1943, when it was permanently stationed in St. Louis. ]]> 2019-09-09 03:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381422339 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381426985 It is considered to be the first art form to be created in the U.S. It set the frame work for variety shows, musicals, and other forms of entertainment.It began from the 1820's to 1830's and ended around the 1850's. ]]> 2019-09-09 03:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381426985 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381977825 Blackface was used as a way for white people to scare black people, and make them feel unsafe after the Civil War. ]]> 2019-09-10 05:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381977825 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381979882 The Rice Theatre opened in Chicago in 1847, making it the first theatre in the city.]]> 2019-09-10 06:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381979882 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381980853 Progressivism took place in New York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and Chicago. They all were port cities, which allowed them to traffic ideas.]]> 2019-09-10 06:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/381980853 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382465503 In the early 19th century, early stock characters were created based on American stereotypes such as the Alcoholic Indian, The Bowry Boy, and Uncle Sam. The idea of blackface came from black stereotypes form this time period.]]> 2019-09-11 00:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382465503 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382470650 This riot was labeled as one of the deadliest events of its time when it happened. It started as a fight between immigrants and US citizens, but then the New York Militia got involved, which was unheard of for this time. They also had to get 150 men in to help them out, because they didn't have enough people to handle the situation. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382470650 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382471101 William Charles McCready was a British Actor who had just started touring through America. At the time he was playing Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382471101 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382472705 After all of the talk about the new expensive condos down the street, Robert Westfield actually walks the cameras though where the riot happened, and gives a little bit of information about it. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382472705 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382474825 Edwin Forrest was a homegrown boy who toured with the same roles that McCready did, and even went to the same cities as him, which sparked huge interest in the media. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382474825 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382475225 Tensions began to grow between the two performers and the audiences picked their sides. When it came to opening night, objects were hurled at McCrady by the audience, which made them stop the show. On the second night he performed he was chased off the stage by the supporters of our homegrown boy. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382475225 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382476251 The crowd ran out of the theatre and started attacking each other and tearing apart the theatre. The National Guard and New York Militia were ordered to shoot straight into the crowd, killing over 20 people and injuring over 100. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382476251 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382476629 This riot is still seen as the biggest theatre riot of all time, and helped to fuel the fire between US citizens and immigrants. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382476629 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382477485 Edwin Forrest actually got his start playing blackface characters in the 1820's before he landed his first big role as Othello. He also funded a play-writing competition that was supposed to be focused on Native American topics and ways of life. He was doing a good job of using his platform, until he decided to star in the winning piece as a Native American named Metamora. ]]> 2019-09-11 01:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382477485 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382487348 - 20 slaves brought into Jamestown from the modern day Angola area.
- They were seen as academic, knew 5 or 6 languages, so they picked up on English very quickly. 
- They were considered as bonded slaves, or indentured servants and some would be freed after 20 years. 
- They gave Europeans access to river traffic, because of their expertise in the land and trading skills.]]> 2019-09-11 02:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382487348 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382488604 - Laws were put in place to say that slaves are not free.
- 1662- slavery was made legal
- 1669- Any master could kill a black for any reason
-1672- Any black person could be killed for resisting arrest. 
- 1820's-1830's- minstrelsy begins
- 1865- Beginning of the Jim Crow laws
- Minstrelsy ends 1950's- present day. There are still excerpts from Minstrelsy throughout social media and society today, so it never really ended. ]]> 2019-09-11 02:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382488604 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382499547 This reminds me of the day in class when when we were talking about racist memorabilia, such as the kits that they used in minstrel shows. ]]> 2019-09-11 02:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382499547 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382519077 They were the first group of Minstrels in the U.S. They were also the reason Minstrelsy grew so rapidly, and later took their show to the British Isles. They came about before the Civil War. Act One of their show consisted of black life in the Urban North, and black life in the Plantation South.]]> 2019-09-11 04:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382519077 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382519970 Little Minstrel troupes started popping up around the United States shortly after this troupe came out. It became so popular that they were even performing for different presidents.]]> 2019-09-11 04:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382519970 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382520685 This group also made Americans change the content of their minstrel shows. Instead of focusing on politics, economy, and other things in their comedy shows along with the minstrel act, they started to solely target black people throughout their whole performances.]]> 2019-09-11 04:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/382520685 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359473 He enlisted in the army at age seventeen, and one he was out he played the drums for circus groups. He could play the violin, drums, and was a singer. He was the man that organized the Virginia Minstrels and wrote the song Dixie which became the national anthem for the Confederate States. He later fought in the Civil War with the Northern States. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359473 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359499 He was born in Pennsylvania and glorified the Southern plantation lifestyle. He started Christy's Minstrels and is known as the "Father of American Music. He began to write songs as a young boy after he went to mostly African American church services. He wasn't trained in music, but later he worked with minstrel shows, using the influences he had gained from his childhood. H e wanted to become the best minstrel song writer. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359499 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359515 White men were using minstrelsy to put black people down because they were insecure about their place in society. Dale Cockrell who is a historian once noted that they felt, "Squeezed politically, economically, and socially from the top, but also from the bottom," that mindset invented minstrelsy. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359515 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359641 2019-09-15 19:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359641 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359662 Throughout minstrelsy, there have been many stereotypes that black people are still struggling with today. I mean even Jim Crow laws were named after a minstrel character. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359662 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359687 These social stereotypes are still everywhere throughout American society, for example Aunt Jemima syrup.]]> 2019-09-15 19:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359687 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359811 One day in class and I was thinking about how women were not mentioned in the lesson about minstrelsy, so I thought I would look into it. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384359811 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384360060 Most white minstrel performers were born in northern cities before the Civil War, but most black minstrel performers were born in the South after the Civil War. Black minstrel show performers broke out of the victorian mold and came up with things that were new in their content. They presented themselves on stage in a way that balanced the stereotypes and produced social commentary. They tried to mold the show, to be seen as they wanted to be seen. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384360060 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384360188 Black minstrels did have to be extremely careful off of the stage, and tried to be opposite of the characters that they were playing onstage. Also, the show was appealing more black people than ever before, and they wanted to become a part of the black activist organizations. ]]> 2019-09-15 19:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384360188 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384417210 Most of the time men dressed up as women in blackface during the minstrel shows. They were called women impersonators, and they really used the stereotype of being hyper sexual when they were doing these shows. They would flirt with the audience during the shows. ]]> 2019-09-16 01:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384417210 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384420390 The African Company was the first known fully black theatre group. They were led by William Henry Brown. He also wrote a play called The Drama of King Shotaway in 1832. He also helped famous black actors get their start in Shakespeare training.]]> 2019-09-16 01:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384420390 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384422509 James Hewlett was the first African American Shakespearean actor, along with Ira Aldridge when he was actually just a teenager. They made their mark on the African Company before it closed its doors.]]> 2019-09-16 01:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384422509 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384423107 The theatre that William Henry Brown that he built from the ground up, was burned down one day forcing the African Company to close its doors. Ira Aldridge went to Europe and performed there for around forty-two years as a respected professional actor.]]> 2019-09-16 01:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384423107 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384472633 in 1973 minstrel shows died down, but the songs and themes are still seen though a lot of places in society today. As people say, Minstrelsy was a funnel.]]> 2019-09-16 06:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384472633 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384473055 The Gilded age began in 1865 and ended in 1900. factories started to evolve throughout America, and it stressed Americans out. ]]> 2019-09-16 06:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384473055 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384474362 White supremacy manuals and pamphlets started to come out, and the racist humor that was going around helped to normalize racism in America even more than it already was.]]> 2019-09-16 06:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384474362 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384474855 Josh, you had talked in class a little bit about this research so I thought I would add the lecture in which she talked about the subject of humor. ]]> 2019-09-16 06:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384474855 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384477097 A time of rapid economic and overall wealth of American people. Monopolies became huge in factories, railroads, and steel. The rich were very rich and the poor were very poor. The rich thought it was too good to be true. 
(aka Mcdreamy)
⬇️]]> 2019-09-16 06:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384477097 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384755853 The Chicago World's fair was the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus coming to America. People like Ziegfield got their start at this huge event.]]> 2019-09-16 15:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384755853 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384757846 The railroads allowed for basically free labor, and sparked economic growth once it was finished. Monopolies were a very big part of this era, and people like Vanderbilt were making a lot of money off of it. Think of Newsies time period.]]> 2019-09-16 15:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384757846 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384767697 A lot of things got their start at the fair, such as:
- Cracker Jacks
- The Zipper
- World's first dishwasher
- First Ferris wheel 
- Belly dancing ]]> 2019-09-16 16:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384767697 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384811700 Throughout this period, Burlesque started to blossom into a very popular art form, and eventually grew alongside vaudeville. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384811700 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384814181 He was the first African American man to get a doctorate from Harvard. He was a sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist. He also was one of the founding members of the NAACP.]]> 2019-09-16 17:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384814181 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384816866 We talked about this in class and I thought it was really interesting that some musicals that are considered black musicals, but there are no specific labels for white musicals.]]> 2019-09-16 17:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384816866 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384820848 A Florida born man who was a songwriter and composer, who performed in Vaudeville shows and tried to change the streotypes that were brought around by white people. He later wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which later became the African American National Anthem. He wrote with his brother, and they paired up with Bob Cole to write new Vaudeville shows. He went on after Cole passed away and starred in a few Broadway shows.]]> 2019-09-16 17:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384820848 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384824433 Bob Cole and the Johnson brothers created many different productions such as:
- The Shoo-Fly Regiment
- The Red Moon]]> 2019-09-16 17:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384824433 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384827980 They also wrote many popular songs, one of them being "Under the Bamboo Tree."]]> 2019-09-16 17:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384827980 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384831913 Charlie Chaplin stole the idea of whiteface from Bob Cole, making it a part of his Vaudeville Act. This pushed black actors led by Bob Cole to create the The Black Actor's Declaration of Independence. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384831913 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384835346 Ernest Hogan was a writer and performer from Kentucky. He is said to have a complex legacy, because he wrote songs that were turned into popular minstrel songs unintentionally. He later wrote and produced the first black play on Broadway called, "The Oyster Man."]]> 2019-09-16 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384835346 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384837874 Throughout the Victorian Era, there were two specific views of women either they were a
- Bourgeois- a true woman
- Low class prostitute
There was no in between, but Burlesque started to bend the social stereotypes for women. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384837874 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384842841 Throughout this time period, the two views of women were either being pure and innocent, or being overly sexual. These stereotypes are still in effect today, and women still struggle with men either calling them prudes, or slut-shaming them. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384842841 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384844490 Women decided to take these stereotypes into their own hands, and kind of combined the two views and used it to empower themselves. This is where Burlesque came from.]]> 2019-09-16 17:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384844490 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384848702 Society actually used to question the morals of actresses, why? Because they were seen as less than pure due to the standards of society. Also, for so long theatre had been a male dominated outlet on entertainment. Men would normally dress up as women, so when things changed America couldn't grasp that a woman was doing a man's job. *cough* *cough (foreshadowing) *cough*]]> 2019-09-16 17:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384848702 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384852545 Women actually also used to dress as men pretty often in their shows, and they were very aware of the nonbinary ideas that were in their shows. They did it on purpose, and were ready to face the backlash from society. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384852545 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384855379 Burlesque was used to mock and ridicule the way that people used to do things, and it is seen as parodies of classic stories. Women took theatre, and made it their own. They could control what their mark in theatre would be. ]]> 2019-09-16 17:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384855379 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384921657 She was famous for the style of Burlesque that she did. She was the sister June Havoc was an actress and her and Louise did an act together for a while. Then, their mom took June to do her own act. Louise figured out her style of performing was burlesque, and made a name for herself without her mom or her sister. She was known as a high class stripper. You can follow their story through the musical Gypsy. ]]> 2019-09-16 19:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384921657 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384926492 2019-09-16 19:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384926492 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384933159 Lorraine Hansberry was the first African American woman have a show she wrote produced non Broadway, what is crazy about it, is that it didn't happen until 1959. The show she opened with was, "A Raisin in the Sun."]]> 2019-09-16 19:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/384933159 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926093 Like Minstrelsy, Burlesque is used as a parody. It has a similar setup as minstrelsy, and satires political problems of the time. ]]> 2019-09-28 22:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926093 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926421 Laura Keene brought Burlesque to a more family friendly setting by opening her own theater in 1856. She did it before the Civil War.]]> 2019-09-28 22:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926421 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926984 She was originally born in England under the name Mary Moss, and came over to the United States to perform. She opened her own theatre called the Laura Keene theater. There she produced and starred in plays. She actually performed some of them for pretty famous people. ]]> 2019-09-28 22:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390926984 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390927176 The show that Laura Keen produced and was performing in "Our American Cousin" was the show that president Abe Lincoln went to see when he was assassinated. He was in the theater with Laura Keene when he died. ]]> 2019-09-28 22:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/390927176 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391531113 The thing about Burlesque is that women could always count on men showing up, so they ended up making a lot of money from the art form.]]> 2019-09-30 18:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391531113 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391532215 Lydia Thompson started a performance group called "Lydia Thompson and the British Blondes" and they were known for wearing all nude outfits, aka a leotard and tights, which was very scandalous at the time. ]]> 2019-09-30 18:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391532215 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391533362 They realized that the only way to get their ideas shown was to make the men think that it was their idea first. They could get away with a lot more that way. ]]> 2019-09-30 18:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391533362 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391534539 It is wild to me that ballet dancers wear tights and leotards now and that is seen as normal, when at the time it was seen as so awful. Ballet is always thought of as so traditional, so it blows my mind that it was such a big issue for the Burlesque women. ]]> 2019-09-30 18:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391534539 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391535820 The women in the show had a choice whether or not to appear that way to audiences, and they decided to do it to empower themselves. They were being scandalous on purpose, because it was giving them the chance to choose what they wanted to do with their bodies.]]> 2019-09-30 18:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391535820 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391538673 Lydia Johnson actually found an article in the Chicago Tribune that talked badly about her and her girls, and so she found him and whipped him with a riding whip. ]]> 2019-09-30 18:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391538673 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391545798 Ada Issac Menken stripped down to he nude tights and rode offstage on a horse in 1861 in the show Lord Byran. She said she had twin souls, and two people in her soul. She was from Louisiana ]]> 2019-09-30 19:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391545798 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391550096 When the prohibition started to kick up, the popularity of burlesque started weigning. ]]> 2019-09-30 19:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391550096 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391550873 In 1927, Burlesque was banned from the city's center along with strip clubs. ]]> 2019-09-30 19:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391550873 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391551902 There are many musicals that are about Burlesque such as:
- Carabet
- Chicago
- Gypsy
- The Follies]]> 2019-09-30 19:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391551902 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391567995 Florence Ziegfeld was not the greatest dude, but he did create a huge market in Burlesque. He tried to cater it toward men, which was originally the women's idea, he just got the credit.]]> 2019-09-30 19:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/391567995 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397232580 Zigfield grew up in Chicago, and his father claimed that he was an entrepreneur from when he was young. He would try and sell things to his pals at school, and he could sell anything.]]> 2019-10-14 02:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397232580 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233014 He realized that Broadway lacked sexuality- he made a shit ton of money and broke into the vaudeville scene at the end of the 19th century. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233014 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233373 in 1895, Ziegfeld wanted to put on the musical "The Parlor Game" and wanted to get Anna Held aka "The Human Hourglass" to come over from Europe. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233373 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233755 Ziegfeld told her that she would be famous if she came over from Europe, and he did not back out of that promise. Everyone knew her name by the time she set foot on American soil. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397233755 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397234430 Since she came over to America, she was the first European woman to ride in a car, and she refused to ride side saddle on a horse.]]> 2019-10-14 02:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397234430 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397234831 Anna Held helped the Follies transition into the visual of the Parisian woman. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397234831 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397236984 Lillian Lorrane was seen as not of the most famous Ziegfeld Follies. She was discovered by Ziegfeld at the age of 14 when she was in a production called "The Tourists" by Shubert. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397236984 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397237980 When she was 17, she was in the ensemble of the Follies, and Ziegfeld decided to pull her out to be a soloist. A lot of people said that Ziegfeld was actually in love with her, and that he had a need to sleep with the best of the best of the Follies. He did this in spite of his two marriages. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397237980 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397238203 She was often sen as chaotic and dark, and may have been bipolar in todays mental health standards. ]]> 2019-10-14 02:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397238203 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397246748 Billie Burke was Ziegfeld's wife. Her dad was a clown in the Barnum and Bailey Circus, and she would go around with him on tour. Some say she was bred for the stage, making her debut on the stage at 18. ]]> 2019-10-14 03:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/397246748 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398630951 Her family was settled in London, so she got to experience a lot of the West End shows. She was inspired and wanted to become a professional actress. She made her Broadway in 1910 at the age of 22, and her career kept getting better. ]]> 2019-10-16 17:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398630951 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398633006 Billie had done a lot of things on Broadway and on film. When the stock market crashed in 1929, Billie hadn't really been performing. They lost all of their investments and money, so Billie went to Hollywood and performed for the Big screen again. Her career was the one that saved her family during the Great Depression. ]]> 2019-10-16 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398633006 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398635260 Billie was known throughout households for her portrayal of Glinda the good witch in the Wizard of Oz. ]]> 2019-10-16 17:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398635260 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398636297 Billie said she preferred the stage to the screen, because you can really reach out to an audience and interact with them. On film it wasn't the same for her. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398636297 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398640736 "The funniest man I ever saw and the saddest."- W.C. Fields]]> 2019-10-16 18:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398640736 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398644028 He is considered to be one of the most famous African American performers in the 1900's. Unlike other blackface performers, he did not try to get laughs at the expense of African Americans. He instead based his humor on universal experiences. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398644028 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398644141 He was originally born in the British West Indies in 1874. He joined the Mastodon Minstrels in 1893, and there he met George Walker. The two paired up and started performing as a duo. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398644141 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398647696 The two debuted in New York with their show "The Gold Bug", but it was pretty short-lived. Walker passed away in 1911, and Williams tried to go out and perform on his own. 
P.S.- I typed in gold bug and this is what gif I got. I rolled on the floor for like ten minutes laughing at it so I thought I would add it in.]]> 2019-10-16 18:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398647696 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398649035 He couldn't find much work when he was performing by himself, until Ziegfeld hired him to be one of the stars of "The Ziegfeld Follies."]]> 2019-10-16 18:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398649035 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398650294 He later left the Follies and signed with the Shuberts. There he collapsed onstage while performing the show "Under the Bamboo Tree." He went back to New York City, where he died a month later. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398650294 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398653212 He did in fact wear blackface like the other Vaudeville performers, but he said it worked like a mask for him, to emphasize the difference between him, his fellow performers, and the white audiences who were just in it to mock him. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398653212 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398656997 The sad thing about the Follies girls is that after they were done performing they would either kind of drop out of society, or they would become trophy wives. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398656997 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398658815 Eleanor Dana O'Connell talks about her time at the Follies. ]]> 2019-10-16 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398658815 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398842235 Peggy Fears was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was sent to a boarding school in New York, when she was pretty young. She was the daughter of an Evangelical preacher. ]]> 2019-10-17 04:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398842235 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398842556 She wanted to be a follies for so long and was finally accepted after Ziegfeld saw her beauty when they shared an elevator ride. ]]> 2019-10-17 04:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398842556 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398843341 She did four or five shows as an actress on Broadway and then she married A.C. Blumenthal and used his money to become a producer. They then developed a small group of women producers. ]]> 2019-10-17 04:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398843341 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848253 Peggy was then kicked out of the house for spending all of Blumenthal's money so he actually kicked her out of their house. ]]> 2019-10-17 05:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848253 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848346 Ziegfeld owned the rights to to Showboat, and Peggy was willed them when he died. ]]> 2019-10-17 05:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848346 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848934 She moved to fire island and helped to create the world's first LGBTQ theatre group. She found Teddy Therman and they became partners. They also created the Fire Island Yacht Club. ]]> 2019-10-17 05:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398848934 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398851644 Peggy actually helped Steven Sondheim with his production of the Follies. It helped to have someone with a first hand account there to help them out. ]]> 2019-10-17 05:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398851644 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398852453 - Funny Girl
- The Producers
- Follies]]> 2019-10-17 05:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398852453 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398852571 - The Secret Garden
- Fun Home
- Waitress ]]> 2019-10-17 05:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398852571 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398853115 - Once Upon A Mattress
- Little Women
- Violet
- Beautiful: A Carol King Musical]]> 2019-10-17 05:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398853115 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398853400 2019-10-17 05:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398853400 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398855212 People had been working the land for hundreds of years, specifically the Lenape indigenous people.]]> 2019-10-17 06:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/398855212 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121249 The Wickquasgeck trail was developed by the Dutch. Wall Street actually used to be a wall that kept freed black people away from white people, "In case of an attack." ]]> 2019-10-21 04:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121249 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121689 Broadway used to be known as "Breede Weg or wide road. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121689 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121988 The street that is Broadway now, was the original road that Native Americans used to travel and gain resources for many years. It spans all the way to sleepy hollow which is 33 years. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400121988 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400122834 In 1811 the commissioner of New York decided to create a grid system for New York, which is still used today. The Commissioner's Plan of 1811 has been known to be the single most important document in New York City's development. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400122834 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124009 The Dutch settled in New York in the 1620's. They were one of the first settlements in America that has absolutely nothing to do with religion. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124009 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124387 A lot of different settlements in the United States actually fled their countries because of religious persecution, so colonists were very careful to protect their religion. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124387 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124666 The Dutch actually wanted to create little replica cities of what they used to have back home, and actually wanted to keep their culture to themselves and their future generations. In America, they created the first original port marketplace. ]]> 2019-10-21 04:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400124666 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400130929 In the Anglo-Dutch War King Charles got control of New Amsterdam. He gave it to his brother the Duke of York, and later it became New York. ]]> 2019-10-21 05:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400130929 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400131147 The location of New York was perfect for trade because they could get boats to other countries faster than they could from Philadelphia or Boston. New York was a colonial powerhouse for Britain. ]]> 2019-10-21 05:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400131147 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400132079 In 1805, New York was named as the most populated city in the world.]]> 2019-10-21 05:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400132079 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400134912 In 1818, boats started going from New York to other countries on a regular basis. There was a Ferry constantly going from Liverpool to New York. ]]> 2019-10-21 05:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400134912 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400135545 At this time, cotton was the chief export that was coming out of the United States. This made the slave trade increase in Southern states. ]]> 2019-10-21 05:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400135545 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400136998 Power was in population at this time, so New York was a very powerful city. They had economic dominance over every other city in the U.S.]]> 2019-10-21 05:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400136998 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400139113 The Primacy of Commerce was in New York, which also meant that all of the banks were located there. 600 of the 700 banks in the U.S. were connected in some way to New York City. 1/2 of all the millionaires in the U.S. lived in NYC. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400139113 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400139689 At this time, in the gilded age, museums, opera houses, symphonies, and dance companies were flourishing in New York. This is when New York became more culturally strong and diverse. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400139689 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400140195 Newspapers, magazines, and word of mouth were spreading like wildfire all around New York. All of the media was centered out of New York City. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400140195 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400141258 People start to purchase cars and in 1869 the Brooklyn Bridge is built to help citizens with their commutes. A lot of people started to work and live in different area. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400141258 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142113 At this time, modern art reflected the new perspective Americans had. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142113 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142500 West 28th street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue in New York City. It was the hub of popular music at this time period. People at this time would print their own versions of popular music and stand outside trying to sell them to people along the street. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142500 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142547 - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- Carole King and Gerry Goffin
- Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
- Neil Diamond]]> 2019-10-21 06:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142547 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142603 So many popular songs came put of Tin Pan Alley  such as:
- "Save the Last Dance For Me."
- "River Deep Mountain High."
- "The Locomotion."
This is one of the best covers I've seen of this song, so I thought I would add it in.]]> 2019-10-21 06:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142603 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142893 In 1903, the first controlled flight in an airplane was recorded. They built and flew the first fully practical airplane only two years later. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400142893 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400144090 You know you've been in New York for too long when a street performer gets on your subway car and you get frustrated at him for trying to do tricks with a baseball cap. The subway is a wild place. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400144090 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400144371 The subway opened in 1904 and is known as one of the world's oldest public transit systems, and has the most stations. It is the largest rapid transit system in the world.]]> 2019-10-21 06:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400144371 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400145302 Also in 1904, the New York Times moved in to Long Acre's Square. Also, brothels were everywhere up and down the street, in the 1880's ]]> 2019-10-21 06:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400145302 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146154 2019-10-21 06:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146154 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146262 In 1905 the first ball dropped in Times Square ever!]]> 2019-10-21 06:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146262 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146851 A New Economy had been going on in the United States because things were being mass produced and more accessible. People could even order from catalogs in this time period.]]> 2019-10-21 06:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400146851 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400147757 Marketing and advertising had changed a lot at that time. The radio was invented, and so a lot of ads for different products could go out to the public that way. ]]> 2019-10-21 06:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400147757 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400522757 People started trying to move the electricity from the World's Fair to other cities. New York starts to get electricity in Times Square. Known as "The Great White Way."]]> 2019-10-21 19:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400522757 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400525089 Tourism at this time started to grow. Hotels were popping up, restaurants were opening, and trains were introduced to New York making it easier to have transportation.]]> 2019-10-21 19:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400525089 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400543697 The mindset of cities being unsafe and dirty started to change during this time period. A lot of people started going to the city to get jobs at factories. ]]> 2019-10-21 19:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400543697 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400546173 1 in 5 Americans can be linked back to New York. New York had the highest population of immigrants than any other city. By 1825 over 1/5 of the US population was foreign born. ]]> 2019-10-21 19:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400546173 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400548718 The Irish potato famine was from 1845-2849. Over 1 million people came over in two years. By 1826 18% of Americans were Irish. #relatable]]> 2019-10-21 20:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400548718 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400549542 Irish people were one of the first punching bag racial groups. Catholicism was the main focus of people's anger. ]]> 2019-10-21 20:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400549542 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400551005 In 1828 minstrelsy was used to suppress black people. There were 14,000 black people in New York after slavery collapsed in 1827]]> 2019-10-21 20:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400551005 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400552360 The Chinese Exclusion act was passed in 1882 which restricted Chinese immigrants from coming into the U.S. It was a federal law.]]> 2019-10-21 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400552360 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400554903 Tenements were a big thing for immigrants at this time, it was five intersections. It was also one of the poorest places in the United States. It became a Narco-tourism spot, which showed poverty and slum living.]]> 2019-10-21 20:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400554903 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400556479 Moving into the Progressive Era, in 1895 they started to demolish the slums. At this time there was no such thing as a Visa, which meant that there was a completely open boarder. ]]> 2019-10-21 20:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400556479 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400557167 Ellis Island, where actually a lot of my family came from was designated as the immigrant spot in 1954. Health and overall tests were given when people got off of the boat and if they didn't pass they had to go and get back on the boat. ]]> 2019-10-21 20:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400557167 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400557897 - 1/3 of all railroads were built
- Indoor plumbing
- 9,000 public libraries
- Jobs in industrialization
- The Lower East Side was developed more]]> 2019-10-21 20:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/400557897 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406060986 Jacob Riis]]> 2019-11-04 04:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406060986 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406061674 The Netflix show, talks about narco tourism spots throughout the world. I feel like this was one of the catalysts for Narco tourism, and helped society to realize that everyone in America is obsessed with dark things. ]]> 2019-11-04 04:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406061674 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406061946 1927 slavery collapses and 14,000 black people are freed in New York City.]]> 2019-11-04 04:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406061946 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406065327 - There was no such thing as a visa, there was an open border, aka anyone can get in.
-There were quotas that favored white people. 
- Immigration dropped dramatically during the World Wars. 
- They were given tests that were based on a benefit of the public. If they didn't pass, the immediately went back on the boat.  ]]> 2019-11-04 05:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406065327 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406066288 In 1954, the laws for Green Cards was put into place. ]]> 2019-11-04 05:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/406066288 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418889218 - There were over 9,000 public libraries in the United States.
- Industrialization jobs skyrocketed, creating lower unemployment rates. 
- 1/3 of United States railroads had been built.
- Indoor plumbing had been developed.]]> 2019-12-03 06:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418889218 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418891909 There were double the amount of Irish people in New York then still remained in Ireland. The potato famine sent a lot of people from Ireland to the United States.]]> 2019-12-03 06:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418891909 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418892289 Tenements were shady apartments that kept popping up throughout New York. They were cheaper than other ways of living, so poorer people lived in them. Sometimes whole families would be crammed in tiny apartments. ]]> 2019-12-03 06:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418892289 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418893740 Tenements lacked windows, leaving them dark. They normally were in disrepair, the lakes sanitation facilities, and were not healthy for those that were living there. Also, a lot of family members would live in the same room, which didn't allow for a lot of space for families to live. ]]> 2019-12-03 06:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418893740 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418894239 The Tenement Act of 1866 put health regulations and safety regulations on tenements, making them better and safer for people to live in. ]]> 2019-12-03 06:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/418894239 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421384575 "Dutch" comedy but actually German. Not everyone spoke English at the same level, so these comedians turned to physical comedy, and followed along with the vaudeville track. ]]> 2019-12-08 22:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421384575 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421384919 The began performing together at 16, they performed a version of a two part burlesque. They use the Travesty and Olio which ended up turning into a parody play. They also played into immigrant stereotypes. ]]> 2019-12-08 22:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421384919 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421385230 They also played with their physical characteristics such as being short and tall in the Mosquito Trust. They were the first famous vaudevillians. ]]> 2019-12-08 22:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421385230 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421385533 Yiddish theatre- Jewish theatre. There were a lot of early musical theatre composers that were Jewish, and they used Jazz and traditional Jewish melodies as the base for their music. Almost all of them were except for Cole Porter and a few others.  ]]> 2019-12-08 22:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421385533 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421386215 Jews were never really accepted in society, and people used to always use them as scapegoats. They used their platform to create an assimilation space and a safe space. ]]> 2019-12-08 22:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421386215 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421386408 They were known as "Irish comedy minstrels" and they started writing plays and performances about tenements. They usedSusa marches and were one of the first groups to use boom-chuck. Composers at this time began to write actual musicals and not musical comedies.]]> 2019-12-08 22:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421386408 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421387050 By the 1890's the potato famine was over, which meant that the boys lost most of their audience.]]> 2019-12-08 22:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421387050 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421388434 Vaudeville was a style that anyone could perform in. This lead to certain people becoming famous. It also lead to many other forms of entertainment such as slapstick, circuses, and variety shows. It also harbored the phrase, "Throwing the hook."]]> 2019-12-08 22:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421388434 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421389305 Vaudeville actually started being performed in saloons.]]> 2019-12-08 23:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421389305 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421393551 Tony Pastor was a child performer that performed at AA meetings who pushed for assimilation of different cultures. He was the ring-leader of a circus after the first one passed away. He was really drawn to the little German Sunday family tradition. Tony Pastor's vaudeville house is the ground floor of the Tenement Museum in New York today. ]]> 2019-12-08 23:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421393551 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421395955 Women were allowed to come into the halls, and families were allowed in there. Vaudeville became family friendly, Tony Pastor came up with door prizes. He also came up with Ladies' Nights. They could win dishes and silk dresses. ]]> 2019-12-08 23:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421395955 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421397180 The outline of Broadway musicals was the Olio- Hello, Dolly followed this outline. Especially in the number "Sunday Clothes."]]> 2019-12-09 00:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421397180 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421398381 The Vaudeville scene launched certain performers into their big careers, such as, George and Cohen, Ben Harney, Weber and fields, and other movie stars.]]> 2019-12-09 00:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421398381 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421398945 Keith and Albee were the CEOs of a whole operation in which they took vaudeville saloons and opened them all around the country. They created a monopoly from Vaudeville houses. They also created the Vaudeville Manager's Association. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421398945 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421400220 He was born in 1847 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a passionate musician, but his parents didn't approve. They said he needed to be more serious. He ended up beating his dad with ice skating straps. He moved to New York, and opened a bunch of Opera houses, including the most famous one, The New Victory. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421400220 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421400687 Willie, Oscar's son, started to manage the Vaudeville houses and he was really good at it. Their theatre were so popular that it could compete with the Met. The Theatre Republic helped to declare a non-compete clause, and they did the same thing in London. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421400687 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401348 The Opera houses paid the Hammerstein's to not do operas in their spaces because their Vaudeville houses were becoming so popular. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401348 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401547 Willie and Allie Hammerstein ran the Olympia, the only Vaudeville house in Times Square, and Willie was resentful to Oscar because of how he was roped into theatre business. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401547 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401952 Willie's son Oscar Hammerstein II did not meet his grandfather until he was seven because Willie wanted to keep him far away from the theatre and show business. He ended up getting into it later, and became a famous Lyricist that paired with Richard Rodgers. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421401952 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421402880 Alie Hammerstein adored the theatre. She moved 9 times when she was younger.She was a suffragette, and Willie was kind of abusive because she was headstrong. Oscar the II could cry on demand and he used it to diffuse situations. She passed away at 35 due to a botched abortion. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421402880 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421404602 Willie said, "I'm quitting the Victoria, fuck my dad." Willie died of Brights disease. ]]> 2019-12-09 00:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421404602 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421406485 in the 1920's the Kern and Hammerstein era began.]]> 2019-12-09 01:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421406485 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421428870 At this time in the 1920's there were many problems with society. 
- Plessy vs. Ferguson
- The Rebirth of the KKK
- There were protestants who actively spoke up against catholics
- Society was against immigrants]]> 2019-12-09 03:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421428870 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421429590 In New Orleans, Louisiana a man deliberately violated the Separate Car Act of 1890, which meant that he purposely sat with white people on the train in protest. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421429590 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421430251 It was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities. The document was passed for Separate but equal laws, and rules that existed in the Reconstruction Era of the United States were reinstalled. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421430251 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421431232 In the 1920's the KKK was reinstated after lying dormant for many years. They were mostly protestants, and included many Southern Baptists. It was reinstated because of their outright racism, and their wanting of segregation. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421431232 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421431814 The KKK was also against secularization and were completely against immigrants.]]> 2019-12-09 03:20:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421431814 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421432553 On April 26, 1913, A girl was killed and found at the bottom of an elevator shaft. The maintenance man said that Leo Frank was the last person to see her, because she was talking to him in her office. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421432553 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421433227 The two people that were suspected of this crime were the maintenance man who was black, and Leo Frank who was a Jew. The girl was a pretty white girl, Mary Phagan.]]> 2019-12-09 03:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421433227 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421433495 Leo Frank got convicted for it, and either way things did not look good for him. He was sent to prison, but a mob of people who knew Mary Phagan ended up breaking him out of jail. They took him to Mary Phagan's house and lynched him,"Because justice had not been met." ]]> 2019-12-09 03:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421433495 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421434691 There was a musical written in it that has great music in it, and it's called Parade. One of my favorite songs in the musical is, "You don't know this man."]]> 2019-12-09 03:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421434691 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421435187 William Summons and The Knights of Mary Phagan were some of the leading people in the movement of the KKK. Anti-semitism was also very strong with them.]]> 2019-12-09 03:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421435187 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421436064 The Anti-Defamation league was a league that was created to uphold Jewish rights in the United States, and it was created in the result of Leo Frank's trial. The society was used to fight anti-semitism. ]]> 2019-12-09 03:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421436064 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421441229 One of the first popular cinematic films was D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of A Nation." They were propaganda movies in which the KKK were the heroes. They save humanity in this film.]]> 2019-12-09 04:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421441229 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421442026 The Harlem Renaissance was booming in the 1920's. It was a cultural for African Americans at this time. Many in the Harlem Renaissance were part of the early 20th century "Great Migration" from Southern states to Northern states. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421442026 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421442635 Shuffle Along is based in the time of the Great Depression. They struggle against Ziegfeld, also because of the market. Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle were two of the stars. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421442635 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443077 It completed 504 performances, and 90% or the audiences were white. Langston Hughes claimed that it was a catalyst for the Harlem Renaissance. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443077 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443311 The KKK marched in front of the U.S. Capitol to fight for the right to be segregated. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443311 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443463 Towns created to exclude black people. The areas all around Cape Girardeau were sundown-towns, but Cape Girardeau was seen as an escape. There was one manor that black people felt safe at, and they hid away there. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421443463 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421445244 This article speaks for itself. ]]> 2019-12-09 04:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421445244 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421446372 This one also speaks for itself......]]> 2019-12-09 04:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421446372 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421458729 Jerome Kern worked there and tried to bring European and American music.]]> 2019-12-09 06:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421458729 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421458941 He wa sin his first show in 1915, due to his father making him avoid the theatre. He wrote his first show in 1917.He went to law school and was drafted but was underweight so he couldn't fight in WWI]]> 2019-12-09 06:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421458941 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421459966 He got married to Myra Hammerstein who was very strong willed. Rodger's father is the one that delivers the. Oscar Hammerstein I dies in 1919. ]]> 2019-12-09 06:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421459966 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421461613 Hammerstein said since I can't work due to the actor's strike, so I might as well write a real musical. Jokes started to be intertwined in the plot and playgoers could now follow more of a plot. ]]> 2019-12-09 06:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421461613 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421461853 Hammerstein started to think extensively before writing, and to continue improving. He also worked to make the story compelling and to make sure that everything serves in the story. Every song that was irrelevant to the plot was taken out of the show. ]]> 2019-12-09 06:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421461853 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421462329 - He wrote with the character's voice in mind
- Rustic simplicity: music, birds, love, nature, mountains, and dreams. That is not what New York was doing.
- The Kern and Hammerstein tradition. ]]> 2019-12-09 06:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421462329 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421462784 Edna Ferber wrote a book called Showboat, and producers wanted to turn it into a musical. She also wrote the novel, "So Big," which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1925. ]]> 2019-12-09 06:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421462784 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421463657 Ziegfeld's office was the money behind the project. Some of them even lived on Showboats for a while, studying people and hearing their stories. ]]> 2019-12-09 07:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421463657 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421464089 Myra and Oscar II got divorced in 1929 because Myra was cheating on him, and eventually Oscar got married to Dorothy. She was a model who became a Follies girl, she was also an actress in London. ]]> 2019-12-09 07:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421464089 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421466528 - Serious drama (Book)
- Music (Score)
- Lyrics (Libretto)
= Showboat
        ]]> 2019-12-09 07:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421466528 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421476164 No one wanted to watch sad things during the Great Depression, so truthful musicals were not popular then. ]]> 2019-12-09 07:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421476164 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421476740 - it was meant to be an anti-racist book
- It was the first integrated musical ever
- Showed bigotry and leaned into African American stereotypes: Including Queenie]]> 2019-12-09 07:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421476740 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421478277 The stock market crashed on October 29th 1929, leaving thousands of people without any money. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421478277 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421478746 15-16 million people were unemployed due to the stock market crash. The classes were leveled out in this time period, because even some really rich people were then poor. People were forced to live in bad conditions because they couldn't afford anything else. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421478746 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421479204 Before the crash in the 1930's there were 42 shows on Broadway, and afterwards there were 34. There were 80 theatre on Broadway that produced 218 productions a year. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421479204 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421479580 The United States started to become more interested in the movie industry, which meant that Hollywood started booming. People started loosing their Broadway theaters, including Hammerstein's dad Willie. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421479580 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421480502 Ziegfeld passed away when he was nearly penniless, and 22,000 actors from NY registered with LA agents. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421480502 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421481046 Progression of the musical completely stopped during this time period, and WPA and "America" were a thing. Black minstrelsy spread throughout the United States again, and Stephen Foster resurfaces. This continues into the 1950's to the 1960's. It was old information from a genre that they thought had dies out.]]> 2019-12-09 08:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421481046 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421481942 - Strike Up the Band
- Of Thee I Sing- a political parody that makes fun of everyone
- It is the first musical that was put into a book and was sold and it was the first musical to win an Pulitzer]]> 2019-12-09 08:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421481942 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421483145 Political parties were actually a lot different at that point than they are now. They were almost the opposite of what they are now. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421483145 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421487849 - Girl Crasy-1930- written by Guy Bolton and P.G. Woodhouse. It starred Ethel Merman.
- The Naughty Sohpisticate]]> 2019-12-09 08:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421487849 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421488905 1891-1964- He was born in Peru, Indiana. He is the grandson of the wealthiest man in Indiana. He was sent to Wooster Academy and graduated Valedictorian of his class. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421488905 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421489310 He majored in English at Yale, and wrote over 300 songs in college. He was also the lead of his college glee club. He actually dropped out of law school to go study music. He married Lydia Thomas in 1919. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421489310 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421489917 Anything Goes is a satyrical comment on his own class status. The characters are also other versions of himself. Ethel Merman also starred in this one.]]> 2019-12-09 08:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421489917 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421490313 Irving Berlin worked on "Face the Music" and it touched on police brutality in 1937. This is still relevant today, it's crazy how history repeats itself. ]]> 2019-12-09 08:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421490313 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421490966 Censorshiprules in which white and black people couldn't be in relationships in movies because it wasn't an "Industry standard."]]> 2019-12-09 08:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421490966 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421580161 He directed "Applause" and "Love Me Tonight" which was written by Rodgers and Hart.]]> 2019-12-09 13:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421580161 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421581268 George Gershwin dies in 1937, the last thing he wrote is,"Our Love is Here to Stay."]]> 2019-12-09 13:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421581268 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421584237 He did not like Kurt Veil. He was a revolutionary piano prodigy that used his platform to tear apart his class status. He was married to a novelist, but was openly gay. His wife passed away due to anorexia.  ]]> 2019-12-09 13:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421584237 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421586405 She was the first woman to win the Gugenheim Fellowship. ]]> 2019-12-09 13:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421586405 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421588151 - Urinetown was written, which was a parody of "The Cradle Will Rock."
- Rodgers and Hart became the, "New Duo", they wrote,"Babes in Arms" and "The Boys from Syracuse."
- George Cohen kind of fizzled out due to his non supportive mentality of equity. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421588151 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421591765 Pal Joey is the first time that there is an anti- hero in a musical, and it's Joey. He was predatory and promiscuous, and he destroys the Mythos of Spring mentality. They created the show out of sub universes. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421591765 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421593536 Oklahoma opened in 1933, and the show ran for five years and nine weeks. It toured for 10 years in 250 cities in 48 states in front of around 8 million people. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421593536 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421594817 The show opened in London to 1/2 hour of encores, and it was very popular. It ran for four years and it was seen about three million times. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421594817 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421596040 "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" was selling at a rate of 4,000 copies a day when it ws printed sheet music, and "People Will Say We're in Love," sold 9,000 copies a day. Some people still wonder today if there was a hidden cast recording of this show someone. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421596040 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421597766 Oklahoma! won a Pulitzer Prize and it sent Broadway into what we know as the Golden Age of musicals. It had a very big breakthrough and soon Broadway was making a big break through.]]> 2019-12-09 14:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421597766 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421599142 Larry Hart was a raging alcoholic. He had problems with self-hatred, and was really erratic. He wasn't a good partner toRichard Rodgers anymore because he kept going on "Long vacations."]]> 2019-12-09 14:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421599142 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421600314 - The Waltz
- The Loves Duet
- The "Erotic" tune
- The Dance Tune
- The Uplifting Hymn]]> 2019-12-09 14:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421600314 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421601846 Hammerstein was seen as washed out before Oklahoma, but the show put his name back on the map. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421601846 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421604798 Lawrence Langner was the founder of the theatre guild and was a co-producer, and Theresa Helburn was the executive producer. They were apparently a dream team when they were working together, and they were known for driving American plays. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421604798 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421607080 - Theresa Helburn was giving the ideas and pushed them to become Rodgers and Hammerstein. 
- It was a rough situation with The Great Depression.
- She realized that Drama, Music, and Ballet could go together to push the plot forward. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421607080 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421612551 Oklahoma! was based on the on the play Green Grow the Lilacs which was written by Eugene O'Neill who was one of the only openly gay writers at the time.]]> 2019-12-09 14:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421612551 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421613967 It was the first time someone actually died onstage, and the first time content that was that heavy on Broadway.]]> 2019-12-09 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421613967 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421615114 After Rodgers and Hart broke up, Rodgers and Hammerstein had an instant connection, and Oklahoma was the first musical that Rodgers started writing all of the content at the same time as his counterpart. The only one that this didn't happen with was The Sound of Music where Hammerstein wrote the lyrics and not the libretto.]]> 2019-12-09 14:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421615114 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421617556 Oklahoma! forced Rodgers to use different styles of music, aka country. There are high characters, such as Laurey, Curley, and Jud. There are also low characters such as Ado Annie. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421617556 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421619078 - Invention of Intentionality: they started to embed sound imagery in musicals, it happened before but it was brought back to light. They were verbal mirrors. 
- The Conditional Love Song- It has the mentality of if I love you, and not I love you even though I just met you. 
- A New Realism- It had operetta vocals instead of belly vocals.]]> 2019-12-09 14:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421619078 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421622624 She did the choreography for Oklahoma, she was originally deemed as not being pretty enough. She went to London and came back out of the best choreographers in the business. ]]> 2019-12-09 14:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421622624 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421684921 She choreographed Rodeo and that was the show that Rodgers and Hammerstein went to. They saw her for her talent and decided to put her on choreography for Oklahoma!]]> 2019-12-09 16:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421684921 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421685575 Agnes made it a point in her dances that women wanted to have sex just as much as men do. It was a very progressive idea because many people in that society never thought about it that way. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421685575 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421686301 Away We Go was the original name of the musical until the actually added in the number Oklahoma. It changed the feeling of the musical, and so they changed the name.]]> 2019-12-09 16:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421686301 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421687671 “It is not our intention to die broke if we can help it.”- Richard Rodgers.
This quote is so relatable😂]]> 2019-12-09 16:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421687671 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421688698 Rodgers and Hammerstein separated for a second to do other things and Rodgers went back to Hart. They wrote “Connecticut Yankee” together. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421688698 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421690034 Hart had fallen back into alcoholism, and he went missing when he went to the De Mantico’s bar. They found him later in an alcohol induced coma, and he later died at the hospital.  ]]> 2019-12-09 16:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421690034 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421691444 In 1943 “Carmen Jones” was produced. It was based on the opera “Carmen” but was not set in a cigarette factory in New York City during WWII]]> 2019-12-09 16:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421691444 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421692234 A New York City police officer stepped out of the force for a second so he could take part in the production. He eventually went back, but he made a name for himself in the theatre world for a second.]]> 2019-12-09 16:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421692234 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421693094 It was made a movie musical in 1945, because as we talked about before, Hollywood was booming at this time. Meet Me in St. Louis was also put on the big screen. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421693094 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421694793 She was known as being part of the gloat club, and recommended that Rodgers and Hammerstein’s next project should be turning the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar into a musical. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421694793 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421696080 It is really dark, as is “Carousel.” In the end of the play “Lilly” aka Billy dies which is not far off from the musical. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421696080 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421697110 The producers and writing staff didn’t know how to get through “The Tunnel” of the play aka the rough patches that people would not react to well. They added in Soliloquy because it gave them a pathway into the tunnel of Billy’s character. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421697110 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421698284 They wanted the problematic character to also have an emotional side and for the audience to feel bad for him in some parts. The character has a complex legacy. Hammerstein took only two weeks to write the lyrics.]]> 2019-12-09 16:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421698284 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421699228 They were constantly wondering how are we going to pull it all together? “You’ll Never Walk Alone” was put in to tie up all the loose ends at the end of the show. The had De Mille come back in for choreography and the same director.]]> 2019-12-09 16:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421699228 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421699905 There are some parallels between “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and Carousel because of the angel idea at the beginning of the show.]]> 2019-12-09 16:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421699905 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421700748 Every night for three weeks there were changes to the show every night. One night, they even cut the show in half. The Prologue is not used at the Overture to allow room for exposition of the characters. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421700748 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421702188 Carousel did something that had never been done before, they had a ginormous scene from, “You’re a queer one Julie Jordan,” to “If I Loved You.” There was constant underscoring and a fast moving pace, for 23 minutes music doesn’t stop. It’s the pinnacle of the conventional love song. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421702188 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421703278 Mary Rodgers and Sondheim were actually at the same showing of Carousel, and the met each other’s gazes with tears streaming down their face. They had an emotional connection during the dream ballet.]]> 2019-12-09 16:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421703278 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421707972 There was patriotic commentary in community, they share values, the sing and dance together. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421707972 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421709791 Billy has values that do not line up with everyone else, he sings by himself, and no one trusts him. It’s the community feeling is either join us or die. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421709791 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421710477 It ties into the immigrant experience because they had to let some of their culture die to fit into American society.]]> 2019-12-09 16:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421710477 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421711462 Also, when his father doesn’t come back it ties into how people were feeling because of the war, they had many family members who never came back from war. Carousel took place in the Guilded Age, and Julie was a millworker. People tied that into how they had to make money during the hard times of the war.]]> 2019-12-09 16:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421711462 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421712328 The show that we did here also ties into this time period, the bomber girls were women who were trying to support the war effort by getting out of the house. Later, in the 1940’s the men came back from the war and tried to force the women out of the work force because they were only filling in for them. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421712328 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421712894 The musical also touches on the treatment of women, and domestic abuse. There are many times throughout the show where he is manipulative and abusive. It tells the victims stories who have to deal with domestic abuse everyday. ]]> 2019-12-09 16:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421712894 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421716113 They owned Williamson Music Company which was a publishing company that they owned together. They had a very objective and professional relationship. They also became producers of other shows, bought theaters, and dipped their toes a little in film. Each work had its own tone, and all of their plays dealt with social issues. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421716113 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421718042 - Alien invasions were becoming popular
- 1959- Elvis’s first album came out
- 1959- The Sound of Music came out
- 1947- The first Tony Award was given out do Antoinette Perry]]> 2019-12-09 17:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421718042 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421719518 The musical was based on a book called, “The Tales of the South Pacific.” It was taken from three or four different chapters in the book that took place in the Solomon Islands. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421719518 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421720931 Joshua Logan directed “Annie Get Your Gun” before this, and Leland Hayward has already produced “Gypsy” and “The Sound is Music.” Logan accidentally blabbed to R and H about their great idea, and they bought out the rights from underneath them. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421720931 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421725325 - Sayyid Qutb was in the US and learned about racism and took it back with him. He was the teacher of Bin Laden and helped to be the foundation of Al Queda. 
- North Korea went to war with South Korea, one Communist the other not.]]> 2019-12-09 17:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421725325 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421726832 It was meant to bring western and eastern civilization into a musical together. Yum Brynner was in the production from 1951-1985. The musical ran for 3 years and contained a lot of orientalism. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421726832 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421728034 “The Sound of Music” was the last production that Rodgers and Hammerstein ever did. Hammerstein has written 1,589 songs in his lifetime, and Edelweiss was the last one he wrote. *cries*]]> 2019-12-09 17:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421728034 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751363 Originally Israel Baline, he left Russia because of rising anti-demotion. He is known as, “The Dean of American Music.” He lived in the Lower East Side when they got to New York.]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751363 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751364 He was 8 when his dad passed away and he became a Newsie and left school. He also made money by singing in the street. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751364 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751365 There was directness of language because Russian was his first language. His lyrics were very simple. He became a singing waiter and he hired someone to write out harmonies. He couldn’t read or write music very well. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751365 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751366 He invented a piano that allowed him to only play black keys and then would flip a switch to transpose keys. He only knew how to play the black ones. Most of his songs don’t go over an octave and there was simplicity of harmony and melody. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751366 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751368 Irving Berlin tried to get the idea of jazz and bring it to be more respectable, he had great adaptability. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751368 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751369 Dorothy Goetz was Berlin’s wife, and when they traveled to Cuba she contracted typhoid and passed away. He wrote a song “When I Lost You” in 1912, and ge wrote it about her. It sold 1 million copies. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751369 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751370 It was a misprint on his music that he sold saying I. Berlin. He changed his name to a new American name. ]]> 2019-12-09 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421751370 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421848222 Irving Berlin came up with something called a partner song, which meant that two different melodies at once. For example, you can see them now in a lot of Sondheim shows, such as Into the Woods. It’s not a duet because most of the time, duets follow the same melody line. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421848222 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421849575 The Operetta was being kicked out and the American music was not being used in musicals and in society. Simple melodies+ populism+ patriotism from the war= popularity. It also brought classes together.]]> 2019-12-09 20:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421849575 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421851198 He became a US citizen in 1916 and was drafted into WWI in 1917. “Oh How I Hate to Get Up In the Morning,” was a song that he wrote when he was over there and it turned into a musical for him and his buddies to perform in. It was called “Yip,Yip, Yank.” ]]> 2019-12-09 20:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421851198 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421851671 Sorry for stealing your content, Josh but I almost cried in class during this video so I thought I would include it. The wholesome energy Berlin gives off just makes me really happy. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421851671 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421853023 Irving married Ellin Mackey and they had four kids together. He bailed her father out of debt during the depression, because he lost a lot of money from his Telegraph company. He lived to be in his hundreds, and she lived to be 85. They were married for 62 years.]]> 2019-12-09 20:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421853023 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421855457 - “Blue Skies” the song that was put into the first American Talkie, or movie with sound
- Developed the AABA format
- “Face the Music”- first musical to give equal billing to an African American
- “Suppertime” it’s from the same musical, gave Ethel Waters a solo
- Many other movies in Hollywood such as, “This is the Army,” “White Christmas,” and “Holiday In.]]> 2019-12-09 20:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421855457 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421856981 Cole Porter was known for his naughty lyrics, erudite language, tortured human love, and his embrace of Eurocentric style.]]> 2019-12-09 20:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421856981 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421857996 He fell off of a horse once and had to walk with canes for the rest of his life. He was basically drunk for nineteen years like Larry Hart. This was the phase before Kiss Me, Kate.]]> 2019-12-09 20:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421857996 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421859214 - Out of this World
- Can-Can
- Silk Stockings 
- Aladdin (TV)
- Annie Get Your Gun 
- Kiss Me Kate
- Gypsy
- Cabaret

]]> 2019-12-09 20:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421859214 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421859767 The only 5 year period where America Hasn’t been in a war. It also contained the biggest shift between Urban and Rural life]]> 2019-12-09 20:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421859767 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421860091 Poetry started changing into controversial art at the beginning of the golden age. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421860091 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421860743 Musical Theatre setup is being messed with in this time period. Credit cards were invented, it was originally called a diners club card. It also became applicable to people who travelled. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421860743 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421861487 Large corporations started merging together to protect themselves from the Cold War. The Nuclear family was a big thing in this time, and there were strict gender roles.]]> 2019-12-09 20:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421861487 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421862218 Women were known as “Silent Partners,” because they had to support their working men.(That’s fun) Racial roles are being enforced just as much as gender roles are. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421862218 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421863167 By the 1930’s 1/3 of Americans were living in suburbs, it became a white flight thing. This reminds me of the neighborhood my parents used to live in as kids right behind Graceland. My grandmother still lives there, but there was a huge case of White Flight there. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421863167 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421863966 Mass- Christianity was on the rise, it was almost unamerican to be in-religious. It was known as the Christian Century.  ]]> 2019-12-09 20:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421863966 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421864548 There was nuclear anxiety from about 1946-1962. There were atomic bomb tests and people were stressed that they would fall back into a Great Depression. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421864548 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421865106 People were starting to have sex before marriage. According to the Kinsey report, people were living adulterous lives, saying one thing and living another. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421865106 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421865816 There was a lot of racial tension in the US especially in the south. Things were going on like Brown vs. Board of Education and the integration of schools.]]> 2019-12-09 20:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421865816 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421866719 Bye, Bye Birdie took a look at everything that was happening in the US at that time, which was wild because they were still living it. Broadway was becoming less relevant to culture at this time. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421866719 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421867090 Leonard Bernstein became popular overnight from a special on TV where he talked about Musical Theatre. ]]> 2019-12-09 20:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421867090 erin_obrien98 https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421867485 - On the Town
- Wonderful Town
- The Three Penny Opera]]> 2019-12-09 20:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erin_obrien98/86bcm2ghjj0a/wish/421867485