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Instructor: Dr. L. Housez ([email protected]) Office hours: Fridays, 1-2pm on Zoom or by appointment Teaching assistant: Khaleel Gandhi ([email protected]) Office hours: By appointment

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Our primary goal is to gain a broad knowledge of the development of American musical theatre. We will explore not only how the anatomy of the musical and how its conventions have changed, but also how its practitioners used the genre to reflect shifting social and cultural contexts. The content and perspectives of this class are as diverse and interdisciplinary as its topic, which invites approaches and issues from the fields of music, theatre, film, the human voice, history, poetry, technology, choreography, cultural theory, and design. Among the shows to be studied are Come From Away, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Cabaret, Company, Hamilton, Mamma Mia!, and Dear Evan Hansen. Be prepared to ask fresh questions about (potentially) familiar musicals, to listen to different works with open minds, and to engage in close and careful considerations of the music, lyrics, and drama. Students will be expected to achieve a general knowledge of the history of American musical theatre and popular song through lectures, readings, and listening. They will also learn to describe and critique aspects of performance and apply their knowledge to a live or recorded stage production. Students will write an assignment based on a musical number from the course. The song may come from “Reimagining Musical Theatre,” an online showcase that will released by McMaster Musical Theatre in March 2021. Importa Important nt fo forr Win Winter ter 2021: This is an asynchronous, online course. Each week, the instructor will use Avenue to Learn to post slides and pre-recorded lectures, captured with Echo360, as well as questions to guide students through readings from the etext. These resources will remain on Avenue so that they can be reviewed throughout the semester. Office hours and other individual appointments will take place using Zoom.

The quizzes, midterm, and final exam will be completed online using the Quiz function on Avenue. You will have 12-hour windows (9am-9pm EDT) to complete the testing. For example, on January 19, you will be expected to access Avenue and complete a 5-minute quiz anytime between 9am and 9pm (EDT).

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Stempel, Larry. Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater. New York: Norton and Company, 2010. (Abbreviated below as Text ) Coursepack (Abbreviated below as CP ) Copies can be ordered through the Campus Bookstore: https://campusstore.mcmaster.ca/cgimcm/ws/txsub.pl?wsTERMG1=211&wsDEPTG1=MUSIC&wsCOURSEG1=2TT3&wsSECTIONG1=EVE%20C01&crit_cnt=1

! Eval Evaluatio uatio uation n Quizzes (15 (15%) %) on Jan. 21 (Q1), Jan. 28 (Q2), Feb. 4 (Q3), Feb. 11 (Q4), March 11 (Q5), March 18 (Q6), April 1 (Q7) Test 1 (2 (20% 0% 0%)) on February 25 Test 2 (2 (20% 0% 0%)) on March 25 Song an analysis alysis assig assignment nment (15%) on April 1 Final exa exam m (30 (30%) %) date TBA

Please note: (1) Students will have received more than 20% of their grade by March 12, 2021. (2) Testing will be closed book. You may wear headphones to hear the listening excerpts. The online proctoring tools that you will use are called LockDown Browser and Respondus and they are integrated into Avenue. Webcams will be turned on. Early on in the semester, you will be able to try out these technologies with a sample quiz (worth ‘0’). (3) If LockDown Browser and Respondus are new to you, please watch this short instructional video: https://www.respondus.com/products/lockdown-browser/student-movie.shtml. If you have further questions, you can also check this out and scroll down to Online proctoring (Respondus) FAQ under Personalized Support: https://studentsuccess.mcmaster.ca/academic-skills/online-learning/. I want to assure you that, if you experience problems with technology, you will have access to support online, and I will work with you to resolve any difficulties. If you have questions, please contact me. (4) LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor align with McMaster’s accessibility requirements and supports a variety of browsers and devices for assistive technologies. If you have questions, please contact SAS directly. (5) The Registrar will schedule the final exam time during the examinations period (April 13-28). The exam will also be completed using Avenue.

Provi Provisio sio siona na nall Schedule

See Avenue for additional readings and links to video and audio excerpts. Jan 14 Jan 21

INTR INTRODUC ODUC ODUCTION TION FROM SSHER HER HERIDAN IDAN TO BRO BROADWAY ADWAY ADWAY:: Come From Away (20 (2017) 17)

Jan 28

Read: Text, pp. 1-15 and coursepack (CP), Excerpt from “The Score” by Richard Kislan, pp. 1-12 • Quiz 1 TOWA TOWARDS RDS THE AMER AMERICAN ICAN MUSIC MUSICAL AL AL:: Sho Show w Bo Boat at (192 (1927) 7) •

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Read: Text, 192-201 Watch: Excerpts of the 1936 black & white film version, with cast members from the original production (links on Avenue); avoid the highly adapted colour version (1951) Quiz 2

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“Welcome to the Rock” “I am Here” “On the Edge” “Screech In” “Me and the Sky” “Make Believe” “Ol’ Man River” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”

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THE GOLDE GOLDEN N AGE OF TH THE E MUS MUSICAL ICAL ICAL:: Oklah Oklahoma oma oma!! (194 (1943) 3)

Feb 25

Read: Text, pp. 291-93, 300-12; CP, “We Know We Belong to the Land” by Andrea Most, pp. 15-24; and “Oklahoma! Was Never Really O.K.” by Frank Rich in New York Magazine https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/frank-rich-oklahoma.html • Watch: Excerpts from the 1955 film version, 1999 West End revival, 2011 UNCSA production, and 2019 Broadway revival • Quizzes on Feb. 4 and 11 TES TEST T 1 and lecture on BROAD BROADWAY WAY AND INCL INCLUSIVI USIVI USIVITY TY

Mar 4

BROAD BROADWAY WAY OP OPERA ERA ERA:: Wes Westt SSiide SStory tory (19 (1957 57 57))

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Mar 11

Read: Text, pp. 369-73, 397-407 and CP, Excerpt from “Vintage ‘60s and West Side Story” by Steven Suskin, pp. 2932 Watch: Excerpts from the 1961 film

EXP EXPERI ERI ERIMENT MENT MENTAL AL MUSI MUSICALS CALS CALS:: Love Life (19 (1948) 48) and Cabaret (1966)

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Read: Text, pp. 517-30 and CP, “Musical Metaphors” by Foster Hirsch, pp. 59-68 Watch: Excerpts of Cabaret from the 1972 film Quiz 5

March 18

CON CONCEPT CEPT MUSICA MUSICALS LS LS:: Company (197 (1970) 0)

March 25 April 1

Read: Text, pp. 531-43 Watch: Excerpts from the 2006 Doyle production, the 2011 concert version, and the 1970 Pennebaker documentary of the making of the original cast album (stream from McM’s Libraries) • Quiz 6 TES TEST T2 SONG ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT DU DUE E BY 1 11:59PM 1:59PM • •

HIP HOP A AND ND HIST ISTOR OR ORIICAL MUSICA MUSICALS LS LS:: Ha Hamil mil milton ton (201 (2015) 5)

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Read: CP, “Introduction to the Megamusical” by Jessica Sternfeld, pp. 55-58 Watch: The live stage recording of Hamilton on Disney+ Quiz 7

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“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” “It’s a Scandal! It’s an Outrage!” “People Will Say We’re In Love” “Lonely Room” “The Farmer and the Cowman” “Oklahoma!”

This lecture does not have any required listening assignments • “Prologue” • “Jet Song” • “Dance at the Gym” • “Maria” • “Balcony Scene (Tonight)” • “America” • “Tonight” (quintet) • “I Feel Pretty” Love Life: • “Here I’ll Stay” • “I Remember It Well” • “This Is The Life” Cabaret: • “Willkommen” • “If You Could See Her” • “Cabaret” • “Company” • “The Little Things You Do Together” • “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” • “Getting Married Today” • “Barcelona” • “The Ladies Who Lunch” • “Being Alive” •

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“Alexander Hamilton” “The Schuyler Sisters” “Non-Stop” “History Has Its Eyes on You/Battle of Yorktown” “My Shot” “Wait for It”

Additional optional readings: • “Introduction: History Is Happening in Manhattan” by Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter” (Avenue) • “Headfirst into the Abyss: the Politics and Political Reception of Hamilton” by Elizabeth Titrington Craft: https://muse-jhu-

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! edu.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/article/715970/pdf “Hamilton’s Women” by Stacy Wolf (Avenue) “How ‘Hamilton’ Is Revolutionizing the Broadway Musical” by Alisa Solomon in The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/how-hamilton-isrevolutionizing-the-broadway-musical/ WHAT COM COMES ES NEXT NEXT??: Mamm Mamma a Mi Mia! a! (200 (2001) 1) and Dear EEvan van Han Hansen sen (2 (2016) 016) • •

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Read: Text, 638-641; “Working my way back to you” by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon, pp. 430-434 (Avenue); DEH Study Guide https://dearevanhansen.com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/04/Dear-Evan-Hansen-pagesversion.pdf Watch: excerpts posted on Avenue

Mamma Mia!: • “Honey, Honey” • “Money, Money, Money” • “Mamma Mia!” • “Dancing Queen” • “The Winner Takes It All” • “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” • “I Have a Dream” Dear Evan Hansen: • “Anybody Have a Map?” • “Waving Through a Window” • “Requiem” • “You Will Be Found” • “So Big / So Small”

FINAL EEXAM XAM (date TBA)

Polic Policyy on Mis Misse se sed d Wor Work, k, EExte xte xtensi nsi nsions ons ons,, aand nd Late Pen Penal al alties ties

Students are provided 12 hours to complete each quiz. A missed quiz cannot be made up and will be graded as a '0.' No exceptions will be made. An approved MSAF is required to reopen the midterm. A deferred midterm will be arranged within one week of the original date. Use Avenue to submit your song analysis assignment on or before April 1 at 11:59pm. Submit it as a Word doc or PDF (not Pages). You are encouraged to submit your assignment earlier. Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day. Assignments submitted after April 6 will NOT be accepted. Students who miss the final exam may apply to the Office of their Associate Dean of their respective faculty for permission to write a deferred make-up test during the next scheduled Deferred Final Examination period.

Plea Please se Note th the e Fo Follow llow llowing ing Polic Policie ie iess aand nd Sta State te tements ments Academic Integrity

You are expected to exhibit honesty and use ethical behaviour in all aspects of the learning process. Academic credentials you earn are rooted in principles of honesty and academic integrity. It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is to knowingly act or fail to act in a way that results or could result in unearned academic credit or advantage. This behaviour can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or

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! expulsion from the university. For information on the various types of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, located at https://secretariat.mcmaster.ca/university-policies-procedures-guidelines/ The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty: • plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one’s own or for which other credit has been obtained. • improper collaboration in group work. • copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations. Authenticity / Pl Plagiarism agiarism Dete Detecction

Some courses may use a web-based service (Turnitin.com) to reveal authenticity and ownership of student submitted work. For courses using such software, students will be expected to submit their work electronically either directly to Turnitin.com or via Avenue to Learn (A2L) plagiarism detection (a service supported by Turnitin.com) so it can be checked for academic dishonesty. Students who do not wish to submit their work through A2L and/or Turnitin.com must still submit an electronic and/or hardcopy to the instructor. No penalty will be assigned to a student who does not submit work to Turnitin.com or A2L. All submitted work is subject to normal verification that standards of academic integrity have been upheld (e.g., on-line search, other software, etc.). To see the Turnitin.com Policy, please go to www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity. Cours Courses es with an On On--Line EEle le lement ment

Some courses use on-line elements (e.g. e-mail, Avenue to Learn (A2L), LearnLink, web pages, capa, Moodle, ThinkingCap, etc.). Students should be aware that, when they access the electronic components of a course using these elements, private information such as first and last names, user names for the McMaster e-mail accounts, and program affiliation may become apparent to all other students in the same course. The available information is dependent on the technology used. Continuation in a course that uses on-line elements will be deemed consent to this disclosure. If you have any questions or concerns about such disclosure please discuss this with the course instructor. Online Proctor Proctoring ing

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As a McMaster student, you have the right to experience, and the responsibility to demonstrate, respectful and dignified interactions within all of our living, learning and working communities. These expectations are described in the Code of Student Rights & Responsibilities (the "Code"). All students share the responsibility of maintaining a positive environment for the academic and personal growth of all McMaster community members, whether in person or online. It is essential that students be mindful of their interactions online, as the Code remains in effect in virtual learning environments. The Code applies to any interactions that adversely affect, disrupt, or interfere with reasonable participation in University activities. Student disruptions or behaviours that interfere with university functions on online platforms (e.g. use of Avenue 2 Learn, WebEx or Zoom for delivery), will be taken very seriously and will be investigated. Outcomes may include restriction or removal of the involved students' access to these platforms.

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In the event of an absence for medical or other reasons, students should review and follow the Academic Regulation in the Undergraduate Calendar "Requests for Relief for Missed Academic Term Work". Academic Accommod Accommodation ation fo forr Religious, Indigeno Indigenous us and Spi Spiritual ritual O Observances bservances ((R RISO)

Students requiring academic accommodation based on religious, indigenous or spiritual observances should follow the procedures set out in the RISO policy. Students should submit their request to their Faculty Office normally within 10 working days of the beginning of term in which they anticipate a need for accommodation or to the Registrar's Office prior to their examinations. Students should also contact their instructors as soon as possible to make alternative arrangements for classes, assignments, and tests. Copy Copyrigh righ rightt an and d Recor Recording ding

Students are advised that lectures, demonstrations, performances, and any other course material provided by an instructor include copyright protected works. The Copyright Act and copyright law protect every original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work, including lectures by University instructors. The recording of lectures, tutorials, or other methods of instruction may occur during a course. Recording may be done by either the instructor for the purpose of authorized distribution, or by a student for the purpose of personal study. Students should be aware that their voice and/or image may be recorded by others during the class. Please speak with the instructor if this is a concern for you. Ext Extrem rem reme e Circ Circums ums umstan tan tances ces

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