Overview
Description
Cultural, musical and theatrical survey of musical theatre in the United States, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Core
CO7
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- critically assess musical examples through actively engaged listening/viewing.
- articulate the ways in which American Musical Theater has helped shape (and in turn is shaped by) individual and communal senses of self and others.
- discuss the function of music and musical theater in culture.
- write about specific Broadway shows, composers, and songs descriptively and historically.