Broadway MusicalThe BookChapter 10.ppt

The writer of the musical can: 1 Introduction the principle character and other vital elements in the opening scene song. 2 Establish the conflict that generates dramatic tension. 3 Cultivate in the audience a sincere desire for a resolution to the problem. West Side Story-Tonight /watch?v 5_QffCZs-bg The era of the primacy of the musical book marks a recent phenomenon in the popular American musical theater. Westside story. Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof?is a?musical?with music by?Jerry Bock,?lyrics?by?Sheldon Harnick, and book by?Joseph Stein, set in?Tsarist?Russiain 1905. It is based on?Tevye and his Daughters? or?Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales by?Sholem Aleichem. Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein The story centers on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his family and?Jewish?religious traditions while outside influences encroach upon their lives. Tevye and His Seven Daughters is a 1968 Israeli drama film directed by Menahem Golan.? He must cope with both the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters—each ones choice of husband moves further away from the customs of his faith—and with the edict of the?Tsar?that evicts the Jews from their village. Matchmaker - Fiddler on the Roof 1971 /watch?v wqccwjmjNGkfeature related ?Fiddler?held the record for the lonfifteenth longest-running show?in history. gest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until?Grease?surpassed its run. It remains Broadways? If I Were a Rich Man - Fiddler on the Roof 1971 /watch?v 244Str11YNAfeature related Fiddler?on the?Roof?Comes to Orlando * Broadway MusicalThe BookChapter 10 段馨君 Iris Hsin-chun Tuan Associate Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences NCTU Philosophy The book comes first. Alan Jay Lerner wrote in the preface to Brigadoon ,”I can tell you the book is all essential. It is the fountain from which all water spring.” The book is the show. A good book is an outline of highly compressed dr