MUSICAL THEATRE 
Even though most theatre programs in the secondary schools produce one musical a year (which is often their only production), musical theatre is rarely studied in the classroom. This unit is intended to correct this oversight. Students use the skills associated with musical theatre in school productions, and these projects provide the academic reinforcement to develop those skills. The following projects and lesson plan can be taught by any teacher with basic movement and voice skills and successfully completed by any student regardless of her level of talent.
Skills and Understandings
Students will be able to
- Define the major roles of those involved in creating a musical
- Name several major musicals
- Perform basic choreography
- Sing as part of a chorus or individually
- Perform in role as a character
- Create a timeline of U.S. musical theatre history
- Compare and contract musical theatre and other theatrical forms
- Describe Broadway’s impact and influence on musical theatre*
- Integrate a variety of art forms (music, dance, etc)
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