Musical Theatre Announcements 09/13/13
Hi Parents!
I am writing to say that I am enjoying your students in my Musical Theatre class. They are really opening up, and I am excited to see all that they will achieve in this class.
Please read the information below.
1: I have started a blog where students can visit to read and be reminded of assignments and upcoming events. My goal is that I can get to a place where you as parents and students make a habit of visiting my blog regularly to stay updated on this type of information. As a participation grade for your student, I am asking that they visit my blog, click on Musical Theatre on the right side of the page, click on comments at the bottom of the assignment box, and then leave a comment for me to show me that they have visited my blog. I am asking that they post this comment by September 24. My blog address is:
blogs.syracuseartsacademy.org/mburke
As part of this comment, please have your student post a link to your favorite musical theatre song so that I may verify that they know how to post a link to a video as they will be required to do this as part of their weekly assignments.
2: Please take the time to write me a reply to this email so that I can verify that you are receiving my emails and are aware of all that has been included in this email.
3: Our first parent/teacher conference days are approaching quickly. They will be September 25 and 26. Please contact me in advance if you would like to set up a time to meet with me as I must set up my schedule for those days in ahead of time. I will notify you if there are any problems which need to be discussed in advance, however, I feel that everyone is doing a great job participating at this time.
4: This year I will be creating SAA’s second annual Musical Theatre Cabaret. This will be an event where your students are invited to perform whatever pieces they work on during the course of the class. This is NOT required by grade. I created this as an additional performance opportunity for students in the class. The date for our Cabaret is set for Wednesday night, January 15. Your child has the option to choose whether they perform or not. (I hope everyone will do this:). We should be having a dress rehearsal for this the day before, and I will get you details on time as we get closer.
If you have any questions about the above or anything else, please feel free to email me, call me, or even post a comment on my blog.
Thank you,
Melissa Burke
tyler anglin on 2013.09.19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EylaSf4dm4
what do you think of this song to dance to, I wasn’t sure if it was fast enough? And do you think that you could get this to play in the auditorium so that I could dance to it.
tyler anglin on 2013.09.26
Tyler n. anglin
5th period
9-24-13
Tip toes
The musical
Book by: Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson
Composer: George Gershwin
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Musical Is Based On: A vaudeville act
Date it opened on Broadway: Opened in 1929 on Broadway
Summary:
There is a land boom in Florida in roaring 1925. At the train station in upscale Palm Beach, flirtatious Rollo Fish Metcalf is surprised to see his socialite wife, Sylvia, planning to give a party for her millionaire brother, Steve, who is coming to visit her. Steve is set to inherit the family glue factory. Rollo agrees to wait for the vaudevillian entertainers, the “Komical Kayes” (Tip-Toes, her brother Al and Uncle Hen), who are arriving to entertain at Steve’s bash. It turns out that Rollo once had a flirtation with Tip-Toes Kaye, who was not at all pleased to find out that he is married, and Sylvia has seen an incriminating photo of the pair. When Rollo sees that Tip-Toes is one of the performers, he pays the troupe to leave. The Kayes are so poor that Tip-Toes had to travel in the luggage to avoid paying for a ticket. They stay in Palm Beach to see if they can find a millionaire for Tip-Toes to marry (they are socially ambitious). Tip-Toes runs into Steve at the station, as he helps her avoid the porter who was trying to get her to pay her fare. She thinks he’s swell.
Later, people are happily gambling at the Palm Beach Surf Club. Sylvia wants to make Steve appear more sophisticated, so she introduces him to two young ladies, Binnie and Denise, who are to give him lessons at dancing, elocution, music, golf and bridge. Meanwhile, Tip-Toes (pretending to be a wealthy girl, “Roberta Van Renssalaer”) plays a game at the club that leads to her being kissed by Steve, who she remembered from the station. The two are immediately and powerfully attracted to each other. Al meets Binnie and Denise, and they all decide to go to the Blues Café. Al and Uncle Hen quarrel after Tip-Toes tells them that she doesn’t want to trick Steve now that she really likes him. Tip-Toes is nearly run down by a car. Although she is
-not seriously injured, she develops amnesia and thinks that she is really Roberta Van Renssalaer. Al and Uncle Hen are happy about this.
Everyone is getting ready for the party on Steve’s yacht the next evening. “Roberta” and Steve are very happy to have found each other. However, since she thinks she is rich, she is spending more money than Al and Uncle Hen have. Rollo discloses Tip-Toes’ real identity to Steve, in order to protect his secret, but Steve is despondent. He confronts Tip-Toes, who now remembers who she is, but she tells him that she really loves him and is not after his fortune. Steve reveals that he is bankrupt. He tells her to go after one of the other millionaires at the bash and storms off. Tip-Toes stays aboard the yacht all evening, and when Steve returns, she insists that she loves him and will stay aboard all night “without a chaperone”. He is persuaded that she is telling the truth.
Back at the hotel the following day, Tip-Toes pays her family’s hotel bill by performing one of her dances for the guests. Steve proposes and gives her an engagement ring. She is delighted, even though she assumes that it is a fake, since Steve has no money. But it turns out to be real, because Steve is really still a millionaire.
5 Facts about the Original Production:
1- It was actually supposed to go on Broadway in 1925 but didn’t until 1929.
2- Tip-Toes was produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, who had been the producers of
The Gershwin’s’ smash hit Lady, Be Good!
3- it was revised in 1989
4- Did 194 performances.
5- It featured really big stars in it.
Character/Who Are They Singing To/Purpose of the Song: The purpose of the song was basically supposed to be a fun up beat dance number not really anything specific.
I got my info off of:
http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80598.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip-Toes
My video is from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EylaSf4dm4
i was wondering if it was okay to do this and maybe i could explain it in class but not get as low of a grade as i normally would because i turned it in through the website. i don’t care if you post this as an example of what you can or cannot do, don’t care.