Assignment+for+Wednesday,+November+16+on+Musical+Theatre

If you are working steadily ahead you will have seen by the end of today's class (Friday, Nov. 11) the longish DVD on the making of various Broadway musicals. You should also have read the chapter on musical theatre and seen the examples on youtube that I put online linked to the schedule page. Now you are ready to answer the following question by class time on Wed. Nov. 16. Please link a page to your profile page to musicals. As before put your first initial of your first and last name before musical. In my case that would be "frmusical." Once you have created a link to this new page. On the new page please answer the following question.

Much has been made of the popularity of musical theatre. Given the readings, the evidence from the DVD and that of the youtube examples, discuss why some musicals succeed and others seem to fail. Use examples to support your opinions.