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Describe roles as Producer, Composer or Lyricist (creatively or as a business person) of early and modern creators of musical theatre content.

Think about early creators such as Florenz Zeigfeld and George M. Cohan

Also, the modern creators including David Merrick (42nd Street), the Walt Disney Company (Lion King, Beauty and the Beast), Cameron Mackintosh (Les Miserables) , Mark Platt (Universal Studios and Wicked) and Lin Manuel Miranda (Hamilton).

MAKE TWO SECTIONS and and under each section FULLY discuss the following by numbering and describing each entity within each category.

A: The role ALL of the early creators in developing musical theatre content

1. FLORENZ ZIEGFELD

2. GEORGE M. COHAN

3. IRVING BERLIN

B: The role ALL of the modern creators in developing musical theatre content

1. DAVID MERRICK

2. CAMERON MACKINTOSH

3. STEPHEN SONDHEIM

4. JERRY HERMAN

5. THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

6. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS (MARC PLATT)

7. LIN MANUEL MIRANDA

FOR EXAMPLE:

A. The role of early creators in developing musical theatre content

1. Florenz Zeigfeld – Producer

(put your detailed answer here.)

2. George M. Cohan – (Producer, Composer, Lyricist)

(put your detailed answer here.)

Do the same for part B modern content creators.