Encourage students to select an existing work of fiction (book or film) they feel could be successfully developed into a musical.Have the students explore plot elements of the story they are communicating in the songs, and how effectively the musical delivery succeeds as compared to the text in the book. Ask them to identify the characters singing based on the subject of the song. Have your students read a book that has been developed into a stage or film musical (e.g., The Wizard of Oz, Wicked, Les Misérables, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Romeo and Juliet, etc.) After reading the book, have the students listen to the soundtracks from the film or stage musical.What elements of stage production remain in the filmed version? How does the moveable point of view of the camera compare with the fixed point of view of a theater audience member?. Select a filmed version of a musical (e.g., Chicago, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, etc.).
Have students list familiar books and movies that have been developed into popular musicals (e.g, Hamilton, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, etc.) How were the original works modified to include songs for character and plot development? In what other ways was the original work changed to fit the structure of a stage musical?. Compare the use of songs by composers of musical theater to the use of soliloquies by Shakespeare and other playwrights. Explore how songs (as monologues) in musical theater can further character development and storylines in ways realistic dialogue cannot. Have students research the history of musical theater, including influential composers, lyricists, and choreographers such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Loewe, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Herman, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Meredith Wilson, Bob Fosse, Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lin-Manuel Miranda and many others. Lead a discussion on what distinguishes a "musical" from a "story with music." Discuss how the incorporation of dance into musical theater conveys ideas and emotions in abstract but effective ways. Ask students to define musical theater as it applies to stage productions and films. Schwartz opens and closes the program with performance of "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin, and "Can You Imagine That?" from My Fairy Tale (recorded in 2011 at The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in New York City, NY). Schwartz discusses new and upcoming projects, like his first opera ( Seance on a Wet Afternoon), collaborating on a Bollywood-style animated feature, a musical about Dutch writer Hans Christian Andersen called My Fairy Tale, and a revision of Working that includes contributions from Lin-Manuel Miranda. #STEPHEN SCHWARTZ BY MY SIDE PLUS#
From managing the early success of Godspell and Pippin to mixed reception of musicals The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, and Working to opportunities at Disney with collaborator Alan Menken on the animated features Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the live-action film Enchanted, plus the Dreamworks animated film The Prince of Egypt to his return to the stage with Children of Eden and the smash Broadway hit Wicked. Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz returns for an in-depth discussion of his career and works in front of alive student audience.
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