Extravaganza
Extravaganza has been a term for a piece of equipment in American entertainment theater , especially on Broadway , since the second half of the 19th century . This can be a revue , a ballet or a musical . The word extravaganza refers to the luxury presented in the set, costumes and staff.
One of the founders in British entertainment theater was the author James Planché . In British theater, the term did not necessarily designate a piece of equipment, but a popular spectacle that did not adhere to dramaturgical conventions and had a comic or satirical character.
As for the textbooks, there is a connection to the Feerie . In terms of the type of performances, there is a proximity to the circus performance and the revue . The traditional extravaganza has an oriental theme. There are also other foreign or fairytale materials.
One of the first US extravaganzas is The Black Crook (1866) by Charles M. Barras, a mixture of melodrama , ballet and singspiel based on fist material . The play is often mistaken for the first Broadway musical. Extravaganzas after the Second World War are The King and I (1951) by Richard Rodgers and Kismet (1953) based on stories from A Thousand and One Nights to music by Alexander Borodin . A modern extravaganza is the musical 42nd Street (1980) or the stage version of the musical The Lion King (1997).
literature
- The recollections and reflections of JR Planche: a professional biography , London: Tinsley Brothers 1872.
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopedia britannica online , accessed September 17, 2015