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The Beggar’s Opera

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YEAR: 1728 
TYPE: ballad opera
COMPOSER: Johann Christoph Pepusch
WRITER: John Gay
HS: adapted to become Threepenny
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Die Fledermaus

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YEAR: 1872
TYPE: operetta
COMPOSER: Johann Strauss II
LIBRETTO: Karl Haffner & Richard Genee
HS: one of the important antecedents to Musical Theatre

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The Pirates of Penzance

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YEAR: 1879
COMPOSER: Arthur Sullivan
LIBRETTO: W.S. Gilbert
HS: First Major Musical to Open in USA

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The Mikado

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YEAR: 1885
COMPOSERS: Arthur Sullivan
LIBRETTO: W.S Gilbert
PLOT: Guy needs to find someone to execute, chosen guy falls in love

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H.M.S. Pinafore

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YEAR: 1878
COMPOSERS: Arthur Sullivan
LIBRETTO: W.S. Gilbert
PLOT: Love across class status on a boat

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Showboat

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YEAR: 1927
COMPOSR: Jerome Kern
BOOK/LYRICS: Oscar Hammerstein II
PRODUCER: Flo Ziegfeld
HS: First show with racially integrated cast

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Porgy and Bess

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YEAR: 1934
COMPOSER: George Gershwin
LIBRETTO: DuBois Hayward
HS: Portrayed African-American people (sterotype low-class) with opera stuff (stereotype high-class)

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Anything Goes

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YEAR: 1934
MUSIC + LYRICS: Porter
STARRING: Ethel Merman

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Pal Joey

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YEAR: 1940
BOOK: John O'Hara
COMPOSER: Richard Rogers
LYRICS: Lorenz Hart
DIRECTOR: George Abbott
PLOT: Joey Evans is a total man-whore
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Threepenny Opera

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YEAR: 1928
COMPOSER: Kurt Weill

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Oklahoma

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YEAR: 1943
COMPOSER: Richard Rogers
LYRICS: Oscar Hammerstein II
CHOREO: Agnes de Mille
STAR: Alfred Drake
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On the Town

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YEAR: 1944
COMPOSER: Bernstein
LYRICS: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
DIRECTOR: George Abbott
CHOREO: Jerome Robbins
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Carousel

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YEAR: 1945
COMPOSER: Richard Rogers
LYRICS: Oscar Hammerstein II
CHOREO: Agnes de Mille saved it at the last second

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Annie Get Your Gun

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YEAR: 1946
COMPOSER: Irving Berlin
BOOK: Dorothy and Herbert Fields
STAR: Ethel Merman
PLOT: Country sharpshooting woman has trouble falling in love with man ("You can't get a man with a gun")
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Brigadoon

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YEAR: 1947
COMPOSER: Frederick Loewe
BOOK + LYRICS: Alan J. Lerner
[DIRECTOR: Robert Lewis]
CHOREO: Agnes De Mille
PLOT: Americans in Scotland find weird enchanted place. One falls in love, decides to stay there forever
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Kiss Me Kate

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YEAR: 1948

MUSIC + LYRICS: Cole Porter

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South Pacific

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YEAR: 1949
MUSIC + LYRICS: Rodgers and Hammerstein
STAR: Mary Martin

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Guys and Dolls

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YEAR: 1950
MUSIC + LYRICS: Loesser
Book: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

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The King and I

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YEAR: 1951
MUSIC + LYRICS: R + H

STAR: Gertrude Lawrence; Yul Brynner

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Wonderful Town

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YEAR: 1953
BOOK: Joseph A Fields & Jerome Chodorov
MUSIC: Bernstein
LYRICS: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
DIRECTOR: George Abbot
PLOT: Attractive sister wants to be star; smart sister wants to be writer, they try to make it in New York

STAR (at the end) Carrol Channing

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Can-Can

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YEAR: 1953
MUSIC + LYRICS: Cole Porter
BOOK: Abe Burrows
STAR: Gwen Verdon

PLOT: Footloose before its time with a can-can and a nightclub

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The Pajama Game

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YEAR: 1954
BOOK: George Abbot and Richard Bissell
MUSIC + LYRICS: Adler and Ross
DIRECTORS: Jerome Robbins and George Abbot (whole pride issue there)
PRODUCER: Hal Prince (among others)
CHOREO: Bob Fosse
STAR: John Raitt [Janis Paige, Carol Haney]

(Steam Heat)– trios are the best

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Damn Yankees

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YEAR: 1955
BOOK: Geroge Abbot and Douglass Wallop
MUSIC + LYRICS: Adler and Ross
DIRECTOR: George Abbott
CHOREO: Bob  Fosse
STAR: Gwen Verdon, [Ray Walston]

PLOT: Guy makes deal with the devil to help the Washington Senators win the World Series. As he hits a home run over the fence, he shouts that he wants out of the deal (because he loves his wife so much and misses her), and he catches the ball as his ‘real’ self

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My Fair Lady

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YEAR: 1956
LYRICS + MUSIC: Lerner and Loewe
DIRECTOR: Moss Hart
STAR: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews
PLOT: based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion'
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The Most Happy Fella
YEAR 1956 BOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS: Frank Loesser PLOT: Mail-order marriage proposal, but she looks at a really young photo of him. (Tinder musical)
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The Music Man
YEAR: 1957 BOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS: Meredith Willson STAR: Robert Preston, Barbara Cook
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The Sound of Music
YEAR: 1959 MUSIC + LYRICS: R + H STAR: Mary Martin
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Street Scene
YEAR: 1946 MUSIC: Kurt Wiell [LYRICS: Langson Hughes BOOK: Elmer Rice] a bit more opera-y PLOT: 2 days on an East Side tenement in Manhattan
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Hello, Dolly!
``` YEAR: 1964 MUSIC + LYRICS: Jerry Herman [BOOK: Michael Stuart] DIRECTOR: Gower Champion STAR: Carrol Channing ```
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Camelot
YEAR: 1960 LYRICS + MUSIC: Lerner and Loewe DIRECTOR: Moss Hart STAR: Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet PLOT: Love Triangle with King Arthur, his queen, and sir Lancelot. Based on "The Once And Future King" by T.H. White. HS: Got associated with JFK cause his wife said that it was his favorite musical
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Candide
YEAR: 1956 COMPOSER: Bernstein LIBRETTO: Lillian Hellman PLOT: based on Voltaire book. Pretty sure a bunch of bad stuff happens to people. STAR: Barbara Cook We don't have a video of it, but "Let Your Garden Grow" is epic
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How to Succeed in Business without really trying
YEAR: 1961 MUSIC + LYRICS: Frank Loesser BOOK: Abe Burrows STAR: Bobby Morse
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Call Me Madam
``` YEAR: 1950 COMPOSER: Irving Berlin DIRECTOR: George Abbott CHOREO: Jerome Robbins STAR: Ethel Merman ``` PLOT: Satire of American foreign policy and our need to lend billions to needy countries
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West Side Story
YEAR: 1957 MUSIC + LYRICS: Bernstein and Sondheim CONCEPTOR, DIRECTOR, CHOREOGRAPHOR: Jerome Robbins PLOT: Romeo and Juliet with gangs.
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Gypsy
``` YEAR: 1959 MUSIC: Jule Styne LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: Arthur Laurents PRODUCER: David Merrick DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Jerome Robbins STAR: Ethel Mermen ``` PLOT: Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee ("Rose's Turn") has been done by like every star
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Cabaret
YEAR: 1966 MUSIC: John Kander LYRICS: Fred Ebb DIRECTOR: Hal Prince STARS: Joel Grey as MC, Lotte Lenya as Frau Schneider
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Chicago
YEAR: 1975 MUSIC: John Kander LYRICS: Fred Ebb DIRECTOR: Bob Fosse (also had a hand in book-writing) ``` STARS: Chita Rivera (Velma) Gwen Verdon (Roxie) Jerry Orbach (Billy) ``` (second-longest running show in Broadway History)
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A Chorus Line
``` YEAR: 1975 MUSIC: Marvin Hamlisch LYRICS: Edward Kleban DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Bennet STAR: Donna McKechnie ``` won 12 Tonys (that's nuts!)
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Dreamgirls
``` YEAR: 1981 MUSIC: Henry Kreiger BOOL + LYRICS: Tom Eyen DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Bennett STAR: Jennifer Holliday ```
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
``` YEAR: 1962 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim DIRECTOR: Geroge Abbot (though Jerome Robbins doctored it) CHOREOGRAPHY: Jack Cole CSTAR: Zero Mostel ```
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Company
YEAR: 1970 MUSIC + LYRICS: Sondheim DIRECTOR: Hal Prince CHOREO: Michael Bennett
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Sweeney Todd
YEAR: 1979 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim DIRECTOR: James Lapine STAR: Angela Lansbury (written for her)
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A Little Night Music
YEAR: 1973 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim DIRECTOR: Hal Prince PLOT: ??? ("Send In the Clowns")
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Sunday in the Park with George
``` YEAR: 1984 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: James Lapine DIRECTOR: James Lapine STARS: Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin ``` PLOT: Based on a painting by George Seurat and his real life
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Into the Woods
``` YEAR: 1986 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: James Lapine DIRECTOR: James Lapine STAR: Bernadette Peters (as the Witch) PLOT: Fucked up fairly tales ```
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Pippin
YEAR: 1972 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Schwartz DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Bob Fosse STAR: Ben Vereen (famous Manson Trio)
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Wicked
YEAR: 2008 MUSIC + LYRICS: Stephen Schwartz STARS: Kristen Chenowith Idina Menzel
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Evita
YEAR: 1979 MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICS: Tim Rice DIRECTOR: Hal Prince STARS: Patti Lupone Mandi Patinkin raised the belt
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Jesus Christ Superstar
YEAR: 1970 MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICS: Tim Rice STAR: Ben Vereen
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Hair
YEAR: 1968 MUSIC: Galt McDermont LYRICS: James Rado and Gerome Ragni PLOT: Weird-af tribe of hippies
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Cats
``` YEAR: 1981 MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICS: T.S. Eliot (all based on his works), Richard Stilgoe, Trevor Nunn DIRECTOR: Trevor Nunn STAR: Betty Buckly ```
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The Phantom of the Opera
``` YEAR: 1986 MUSIC: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICS: Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe DIRECTOR: Hal Prince PRODUCER: Cameron Macintosh ``` STAR: Sarah Brightman Michael Crawford longest running Broadway show of all time
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Miss Saigon
Year: 1991 MUSIC: Claude-Michel Schonberg LYRICS: Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. PLOT: Based on the opera "Madame Butterfly", but like set in Vietnam
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Les Miserables
YEAR: 1987 MUSIC: Claude-Michel Schonberg STAR: Colm Wilkinson PLOT: Based on Victor Hugo book with same name
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The Lion King
YEAR: 1997 MUSIC: Elton John LYRICS: Tim Rice DIRECTOR: Julie Traymor PLOT: Based on the Disney movie of the same name
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Rent
YEAR: 1996 MUSIC + LYRICS: Johnathan Larson STAR: Idina Menzel
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Spring Awakening
YEAR: 2006 MUSIC + LYRICS: Duncan Sheik STAR: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele
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Hamilton
YEAR: 2015 MUSIC + LYRICS: Lin-Manuel Miranda DIRECTOR: Thomas Kail CHOREO: Andy Blankenbuehler STAR: Lin-Manuel Miranda PLOT: Based on the book by Ron Chernow
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Fiddler On The Roof
YEAR: 1964 MUSIC + LYRICS: Harnick and Bock DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER: Jerome Robbins PLOT: Based on the book "Tevye and his Daughters" by Shalom Aleichem STAR: Zero Mostel

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