Set in cotton blossom Mississippi
Themes of Rascism and female abandonment
What Show is it?
SHOW BOAT 🛥️
Threepenny Opera
Kurt Weill
What is tin pan alley
W 28th st
Home of music publishing industry
Called Tin Pan because all windows were open (no AC) and you could hear song pluggers playing demos of sheet music
A strange loop
The basic premise of A Strange Loop is that it is about a young gay Black man named Usher who is a writer and usher for the Lion King on Broadway. He's barely making it and surviving out in the world, and he's looking for a break to make it as a writer.
As thousands cheer
Irving berlin
Set in Catfish Row South Carolina
Themes of addiction and physical disabilities
Written by white people about black stories
What Show is it??
Porgy and Bess
Pipe Dream
Rodgers and Hammerstein
What is Longacre Square
First name for Times Square
Soft Power
The musical imagines a future where America has lost its soft power, and many of the details about America are "as hilariously inexact as most Western stories set in Asia". For example, Xing travels to the "Hollywood Airport" and Hillary performs a number while revealing a Wonder Woman outfit in a glitzy McDonald's.
Let em eat cake
Gershwin
Set on an ocean liner
Themes of love, lies, and girlboss tapping
What show am I?
Anything Goes
Wheres Charlie
Frank Lesser
Whats the first big broadway hit
George M Cohan opened “Little Johnny Jones” the week after subway opened in 1904, destroying box office records
First big show
Allegiance
Inspired by the personal experiences of George Takei, Allegiance follows one Japanese American family during WWII. Their lives were upended when they were forced into an internment camp. Throughout their struggle to
Babes in arms
Rodgers and hart
Set in Bali Hai
Themes of Prejudice and learned racism
What show am I?
SOUTH PACIFIC
Call Me Madam
Irving Berlin
What is a Tradition on night of broadway debut
kiss statue of George M Cohan
Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk
a musical revue telling the story, through tap, of black history from slavery to the present. The musical numbers are presented along with supertitles, projected images and videotapes and with continuing commentary.
Street scene
Kurt weill
Set in Nyc
themes of lies, social climbing, and domestic women
What show am I??
H2$ in Business Without Really Trying
Little Johnny Jones
George M Cohan
What did Cole Porters do after his first flop
He moved to france and threw lavish gay parties
miss you like hell
After living estranged from each other for years, mother and daughter embark on a road trip that crosses state lines. Together they meet Americans of different backgrounds, shared dreams, and complicated truths in this powerful new show with vast heart and fierce humor.
Brigadoon
Lerner and Lowe