HUMAN 060 - The Great American Musical: Broadway and American Culture

    Recent Professors
    Grant Larson, Jennifer Saito, Cesar Reyes
    Recent Semesters
    2027SP, 2026FA
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    2027SP Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This course examines the relationship between American popular culture and American musical theatre, focusing on the shifts in style and content over the past two hundred years. Including European and American theatrical influences, methods of analysis, influential artists throughout history, and the current state of the American musical. Additionally, this course examines the ways in which musical theatre deals with issues such as racism, sexuality, gender, economics, politics and how those issues, woven together through song, dialogue and dance, create a unique American theatrical art form.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 11:10am–12:35pm