2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Sep 08, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

THEA 359 - American Musical Theatre


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

This course is a chronological survey exploring American musical theatre from early beginnings to the present. Designed to teach its origin and development through historical references and cultural analysis with emphasis on minstrels, operetta, revues, revivals, and other types of multicultural traditions to include skills specific to musical theatre such as music, vocals, and movement. In lecture/ discussion format, students examine examples to illustrate elements, techniques, and structural forms of musical theatre.
Prerequisite: THEA 203  or permission of instructor