CLARTTH006 - Broadway Musical Revivals
With Broadway’s exciting reopening from its unprecedented pandemic shutdown, what better time to take a look at some of the past and current revivals of its celebrated musicals? Join former professional actress, singer and director Debra Dickinson to explore a selection of Broadway’s most successful revivals. We examine recent productions like “Chicago,” “Cabaret” and “Guys and Dolls” and compare them to their original incarnations. Consider how directors revise and reimagine shows that seem dated to modern audiences. Discuss current trends including gender-bending casting and other recent controversial revivals. Through lectures, video clips and audio clips, learn about stars who made their names in revivals such as Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Nathan Lane and Kelli O’Hara. We also compare performances by actors such as Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters and Angela Lansbury, who revitalize roles first made famous by other stars. Celebrate how Broadway continues to reinvent itself.
You may also be interested in Debra Dickinson’s prerecorded/on-demand course, Broadway Pulitzer Prize Winners.
Course Details
Debra Dickinson, M.A., was the artist-teacher of opera studies for acting and movement at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music for nearly three decades, directing 25 productions for the Opera Studies Department. She was a professional singer and actress in New York for 15 years before starting her career as a director. She performed with Richard Burton on Broadway in “Camelot” and as Guenevere opposite Richard Harris in the subsequent national tour. Ms. Dickinson has taught master classes for Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ebony Opera, served as the acting instructor for Glimmerglass Festival, Brevard Opera and Chautauqua Opera, and was the recipient of the Marcus Bailey and Betty Graves Shelfer Eminent Scholar Chair in Music Theatre at Florida State University. Ms. Dickinson holds a graduate degree from Hunter College in New York City.
On campus
This course will be delivered on campus/in person. Classroom and parking information will be sent prior to your course start date. Learn more about the steps Rice University is taking to keep our community safe and healthy at glasscock.rice.edu/coronavirus.