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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares Fiddler on the Roof and Les Miserables, respectively, as two examples of the best that American and European musical theatre have to offer. Each of these productions offers drama, pathos, and insight into the human condition simultaneously with stirring song and music that lifts the soul and underscores the themes made in each production. As this suggests, Fiddler and Les Miz share many qualities, as they both address serious social aspects of history. However, they are also different as they evolved from different theatrical traditions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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offers drama, pathos, and insight into the human condition simultaneously with stirring song and music that lifts the soul and underscores the themes made in each production. As this suggests,
Fiddler and Les Miz share many qualities, as they both address serious social aspects of history. However, they are also different as they evolved from different theatrical traditions. European
and American musical theatre are closely related. American musicals, basically, evolved from European productions. American musical theatre copied the successes of European musical plays with home-grown works that were frank
imitations (Lubbock 753). As this suggests, from its inception, American musical theatre was highly influenced by Europe. A truly American musical comedy did not emerge until the turn of the
twentieth century with the work of George M. Cohan (Lubbock 754). However, musicals in the US remained light affairs, bits of fluff, dance and music that highlighted the abilities of
its stars but contained no social references or commentary. This changed in 1927 with Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kerns production of Show Boat, a musical in which the plot
of the play took precedence over the music and dance (Lubbock 754). Show Boat saw the birth of the "musical play" as opposed to the "musical comedy." With the advent
of Show Boat, American musical theatre--finally--saw the "complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single and inextricable artistic entity" (Lubbock 754). The European musical theatre had, of
course, displayed this quality for quite some time as the famous team of Gilbert and Sullivan integrated their satirical songs into the fabric of their operettas. In Fiddler and Les
Miz, we see the culmination of both traditions. Fiddler On the Roof (music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein) premiered September 22, 1964
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