Contemporary Musicals
Musical Theatre and the Body
“Dance Ten Looks Three” from A Chorus Line.
Think about what other bodies can do. Can be applied to all people.
Disability Studies
Musical Theatre characters with disabilities.
Medical Model vs Social Model - Mike Oliver.
Should be accessible to everyone. Think about segregation.
Deaf and Disability
Be More Chill - Autistic character
Huddle - came from the deaf community.
Performance of “Touch Me “ from Spring Awakening. Been choreographed
around ASL. Disabled characters were involved in the ensemble.
Just bring inclusiveness instead of being apart in the story line. Shows that
they are just like everybody else. ASL is being used as being literal. Variety of
characters.
Case Study 1: Graeae’s production of the Threepenny Opera.
The Threepenny Opera - Trailer by Bertolt Brecht Satire about villains All
being narrated.
Case Study 2: Alli Stoker on Broadway
Oklahoma the musical. There is a diverse cast. Changes who tells the story and
the way of how the story is being told changes how the story hits.
Musical Theatre and the Body
“Dance Ten Looks Three” from A Chorus Line.
Think about what other bodies can do. Can be applied to all people.
Disability Studies
Musical Theatre characters with disabilities.
Medical Model vs Social Model - Mike Oliver.
Should be accessible to everyone. Think about segregation.
Deaf and Disability
Be More Chill - Autistic character
Huddle - came from the deaf community.
Performance of “Touch Me “ from Spring Awakening. Been choreographed
around ASL. Disabled characters were involved in the ensemble.
Just bring inclusiveness instead of being apart in the story line. Shows that
they are just like everybody else. ASL is being used as being literal. Variety of
characters.
Case Study 1: Graeae’s production of the Threepenny Opera.
The Threepenny Opera - Trailer by Bertolt Brecht Satire about villains All
being narrated.
Case Study 2: Alli Stoker on Broadway
Oklahoma the musical. There is a diverse cast. Changes who tells the story and
the way of how the story is being told changes how the story hits.
