Welcome to the 60s

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Welcome to the 60s

• Broadway in the 1960s

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A time of change to the musical

• Musical theatre began to shift towards a more
  contemporary sound
  
• Some composers and shows began to explore social
  issues
  
• Popular music began to work its way onto the
  Broadway stage
  
• Racial integration into the Broadway stage

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Last hurrah for the Golden Age composers

• Frederick Loewe and Alan Lerner premiere Camelot,
  their last Broadway show, in 1960
  
• Richard Rodgers wrote lyrics to a minor hit
  called No Strings in 1962
  
• Rodgers also writes music to a show called Do I
  Hear a Waltz?
  
• Frank Loesser writes his last major hit, How To
  Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  

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New faces come to Prominance

• Composer Jerry Bock
• She Loves Me (1963)
• Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
• The Apple Tree (1966)
• Composer/Lyricist Jerry Herman
• Hello, Dolly! (1964)
• Mame (1966)
• Composer/Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  (1962)
  
• Anyone Can Whistle (1964)
• Lyrics to Do I Hear a Waltz?

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The Book Musical continues to Thrive

• The Fantasticks (1960)
• Bye, Bye, Birdie (1960)
• Oliver! (1963)
• Funny Girl! (1964)
• Man of La Mancha (1965)
• Sweet Charity (1966)
• Youre A Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967)
• George M!
• 1776 (1969)

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New Directions in Musical Theatre

• Cabaret (1966)- Moved towards the concept
  musical, which comments on situations rather
  than move the plot
  
• Hair (1968)- The first rock musical, commenting
  on social issues, such as the Vietnam War