Songs
This is cowboy song from Oklahoma!
What is "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'"?
The city/state where Broadway is located.
What is New York?
This songwriting duo has been called "the greatest writing partnership of the 20th century".
Who are Rogers and Hammerstein?
This is the first Broadway musical to feature a cast of all African Americans?
What is Porgy and Bess?
This show, based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, talks about immigration, racial prejudice, gangs, and forbidden love.
What is West Side Story?
A song by Gilbert and Sullivan from The Pirates of Penzance that is an example of a "patter song".
What is "Modern Major General"?
“again” in french; unplanned repetition of a number due to the audience’s enthusiastic reaction
What is an encore?
This is the person that writes the words to the songs in a musical.
Who is the lyricist?
The song "Tradition" comes from this musical.
What is The Fiddler on the Roof?
This show, based on a Charles Dickens novel, is about an young orphan boy and how he learns to survive the harsh world in London in the late 1800's.
What is Oliver?
The song sung by the character Anna to the King and his children in The King and I.
What is "Getting to Know You"?
This is the lowest voice type that is sung by an adult male. The song "Old Man River" features this type of voice.
What is a bass?
This a person that can sing, dance, and act at a high level.
What is a triple threat?
The musical that the song "Masquerade" comes from.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This musical by Stephen Sondheim portrays fairy tales with not-so-happy endings.
What is Into the Woods?
This song from West Side Story is a quintet between Tony, Maria, the Jets and Sharks, and Anita.
What is "Tonight"?
This is the time period from the 1940's - 1960 when musicals were extremely popular with the American public. Many hit songs and movies were produced during this time period.
This is the person that writes the music for the songs in a musical.
Who is the composer?
This was the first Broadway Musical (1927) to integrate music, dialogue, setting, and movement in a meaningful way.
What is Showboat?
This musical deals with Hippie culture and protests the Vietnam War.
What is HAIR?
These two songs come from the rock musical, Hair.
What is "Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In"?
This is a show that performs poorly and closes early.
What is a flop?
The full cast of a musical.
What is a the company?
The most popular song, "Seasons of Love", comes from this controversial 1990's musical.
What is RENT?
This is the time period from the 1940's - 1960 when musicals were extremely popular with the American public. Many hit songs and movies were produced during this time period.
What is the Golden Age of Broadway?