American Musical Theater

Question 1

Musical theater is considered to be one of the only true

Answer 1

American Art Forms

Question 2

For over ___musicals have found a connection with audiences like no other shows.

Answer 2

100 years

Question 3

In the late 1800ś, before musicals had storylines, Broadway was a home for the

Answer 3

Variety Shows

Question 4

The most famous producer of the time ___, was known for his variety shows considered by many the largest and most spectacular- _____

Answer 4

1)Florence Ziegfeld
2) The Ziegfeld Follies

Question 5

It was during the variety shows that many ____ and ___ became famous across the county through their performances and records.

Answer 5

1)performers
2)writers

Question 6

Who was one of the most popular songs and dance men from this period?

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George M. Cohen

Question 7

He helped to make ___ - the place where many subway trains met in New York City- a famous landmark for performers

Answer 7

Times Square

Question 8

True or False- In fact, the only statue of an actor to exist in New York is that of Cohen in Times Square

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What also became famous during this period?

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Song Writers

Question 10

One of the most influential writers was who?

Answer 10

Irvin Berlin

Question 11

What kind of music style did Irvin Berlin make famous?

Answer 11

Ragtime

Question 12

True or False- He became one of the most important creates for Ziegfield and his follies.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Another popular songwriter was ___ who helped transform ragtime into the sounds of ___.

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1)George Gershwin
2)Jazz

Question 14

Why was George Gershwins’ music so popular?

Answer 14

He wrote to form artistic unity through music

Question 15

In the early 1900ś what was formed after a successful strike against unfair work conditions in the theater?

Answer 15

Actors Equity Association

Question 16

What was Tim Pan Alley?

Answer 16

Place where writers wrote and got sheet music

Question 17

What song did Irvin Berlin also make

Answer 17

God bless America

Question 18

what were artist’s goals?

Answer 18

to unify sound and glory

Question 19

This marked the first time actors had guidelines to protect them and ensure they received what?

Answer 19

Fair pay and treatment for work done

Question 20

True or False- Showboat was the 1st musical?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What was a nickname that remains to his day, but another name for the area that was taken by the city as its own moniker

Answer 21

The Great White Way

Question 22

The Big Apple is

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what we all aim for

Question 23

In 1917 Florence Ziegfeld and who began to produce a show that actually had a story.

Answer 23

Jerome Kern

Question 24

The musical by Florence Ziegfeld and Jerome Kern that actually had a story was called?

Answer 24

Showboat

Question 25

When the show opened to rave reviews it marked a turning point in theater history that set the groundwork for the what of musical theater?

Answer 25

Golden Age

Question 26

Due to the social problems at the time, the period around the what inspired a new era of creativity on broadway?

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Great depression

Question 27

what does WPA stand for?

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The Works Progress Administration

Question 28

The WPA created the what?

Answer 28

Federal Theater

Question 29

During its time the Federal Theater performed for how much of the economy?

Answer 29

1/4 of the country's population

Question 30

Federal Theater project 891 was the production of what?

Answer 30

The Cradle Will Rock

Question 31

On Opening night the WPA demanded for what to happen.

Answer 31

the Theatre Closed and The show Cancelled

Question 32

The Audience of a Cradle Will Rock was taken to a new theater and the performers still performed the show in defense of the WPA and the AEA at the risk of what?

Answer 32

loosing there jobs

Question 33

Their performance was seen as a statement of what?

Answer 33

freedom of Expression

Question 34

Soon after this incident, the WPA shut down that what?

Answer 34

Federal Theater

Question 35

What did Rogers and Hammerstein write?

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Oklahoma!

Question 36

This was the first show that the __ was written before the __?

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1) Story 2) Music

Question 37

Oklahoma! established the ____ format, a style in which most musicals have been created in?

Answer 37

Book Musical

Question 38

To this day Oklahoma! is the most ______, with at least 1 performance of the show happening ea/ch day somewhere in America

Answer 38

Performed Musical Of All Time

Question 39

Name some musicals created by Roger and Hammerstein.

Answer 39

Cinderella, The King and I, Carousel, and South Pacific

Question 40

Other shows created during the Golden age were?

Answer 40

My fair Lady, Guys andDolls, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, and Cabaret

Question 41

It was also during this time the first what were given for excellence in the field of theater arts on Broadway.

Answer 41

Tony Awards

Question 42

While there are awards given for performances and non-musical plays, the biggest award of the night is always the winner for

Answer 42

Best New Musical

Question 43

The ____ was the next evolution musicals took toward modern musicals.

Answer 43

Rock Opera

Question 44

These shows combined ____ of the time period with lyrics giving the shows a stronger connection to their audience, especially ____.

Answer 44

1) Popular Music 2) young People

Question 45

In the 60's and 70's social dissary brought on by the ____ and the ______ lead many young people to stand up to the established society by creating culture movement.

Answer 45

1) Vietnam War 2) Civil Rights Movement

Question 46

It was also during this time that the show ___ was first created and performed.

Answer 46

Hair

Question 47

Hair was also the first what?

Answer 47

Generational Show and Rock Opera

Question 48

Generational Shows are shows that?

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make the youth have a strong connection to a musical and it helped the older audience develop a understanding of what the youth were going through.

Question 49

In the late 70s early 80s broadway was dying out as business due to an ____.

Answer 49

Economic Bennet

Question 50

It wasn't until who and his groundbreaking show ____ came to the stage that audience began to return to theater.

Answer 50

1) Michael Bennet 2) A Chorus Line

Question 51

Bennet revolutionized the creative process for musicals by creating the _____.

Answer 51

Workshop Process

Question 52

What is the Workshop Progress?

Answer 52

where actors and creators come together to create a show through experimental rehearsals.

Question 53

During this time ____ became the only person in history to win an Emmy (for television), an Oscar (for film) and a Tony(for theater) as a _____.

Answer 53

1) Bob Fosse 2) Director

Question 54

Bob Fosse was and still is considered one of the best what?

Answer 54

directors/choreographers

Question 55

Bob Fosses' most enduring musical on Broadway was?

Answer 55

CHICAGO

Question 56

True or false- Another boost to lagging ticket sales was the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron McIntosh.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

McIntosh brought huge hits from where to Broadway with huge ticket sales?

Answer 57

London

Question 58

The first major work he brought was Lloyd Webbers ___ which ran for over 18 years on Broadway.

Answer 58

Cats

Question 59

Name 3 Andre Lloyd Webber hits!!

Answer 59

Phantom of the Opera Evita Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Les Miserables

Question 60

What is Les Miserables

Answer 60

A lavish musical based on Victor Hugos novel about the French Revolution.

Question 61

Andrew Lloydwhat Webber was the what?

Answer 61

Most influential songwriter/composer in the 80s

Question 62

The city government began the ______ as an effort to reach their goals.

Answer 62

The New Broadway Project

Question 63

What helped the New Broadway project?

Answer 63

Walt Disney Company

Question 64

What was Disny's first musical on Broadway?

Answer 64

Beauty and the Beast

Question 65

What theater did Disney buy?

Answer 65

The Amsterdam

Question 66

What was the 1st show performed in the New Amsterdam theater?

Answer 66

The Lion King

Question 67

Jonanthan Larsons _____ was based on his own experience growing up in New York during the 80s it is a rock opera that tells the story of a group of friends struggling and string to survive during the ______ Epidemic.

Answer 67

1) RENT 2) AIDS

Question 68

Larson became an iconic creator who instantly connected to his show due to his what?

Answer 68

Unexpected Death before the show opened

Question 69

when was Broadway shut down for the first time in decades?

Answer 69

9/11

Question 70

true or false- Performers became a source of Hope and inspiration after 9/11

Answer 70

True

Question 71

Just as after _____ Broadway was a place to escape reality.

Answer 71

WWII

Question 72

Many ____ and popular revivals sold out performances months in advance

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Musical Comedies

Question 73

Shows have become ____to produce.

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More expensive

Question 74

Now shows cost _____ of dollars

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Millions

Question 75

What was Wicked based on?

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It was a alternative take on the Wizard of Oz where the wicked witch is good but them turns evil

Question 76

Broadway is and always will be the what?

Answer 76

The Heart of Theater around the world

Question 77

List all the Generational shows.

Answer 77

Hair Hamilton A Chorus Line RENT Cats American Idiot