Broadway Basics
To be considered a professional "Broadway" theater, the venue must have at least this many seats.
This 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein hit was the first to fully combine song, dance, and story telling.
What is Oklahoma!?
In this art form, using a microphone is frowned upon as performers are musicians first.
What is Opera?
This sub-genre, popular in the 2000's, is based on the existing songs of a specific artist, such as ABBA or Micheal Jackson.
What is a Jukebox Musical?
This 1994 production was Disney's first foray into Broadway, featuring a "tale as old as time" and a literal show-stopping number, "Be Our Guest".
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This New York City street is famous for it's theaters, though most of it's theaters are actually located in the surrounding district.
What is Broadway?
This 1927 show is considered the first "true" musical, it also was the first to feature black and white performers together.
What is Show Boat?
In this art form, there is a greater emphasis on spoken dialogue and acting.
What is Musical Theatre?
This category of musical is known for it's massive sets, special effects, and large casts.
What are Megamusicals?
This production brought pride rock to life using puppets and masks to show you the "Circle of Life" with beloved characters and songs.
What is Lion King?
The first theater in New York, built in 1732, was actually located on this street.
What is Nassau Street?
This song was popularized in the musical " The Pirates of Penzance" but has been parodied by many people, including small yellow minions.
What is "I am the very model of a modern major general"?
Musical performers are expected to be balanced in these three skill sets.
What are acting, singing, and dancing?
This company began turning their kids' movies into stage shows in the 1990's.
What is Disney?
This "practically perfect" musical flew into the New Amsterdam Theatre in 2006, adding new songs to the 1964 film's classic score but kept many original songs like "Step in Time".
What is Mary Poppins?
While Broadway made nearly $2 trillion in the 2018-2019 season, this many people attended shows that season.
What is 15 million?
This orphan longs to find her parents and goes on an amazing adventure where she finds her home and family, and always remembers that " the sun will come out tomorrow".
What is Annie?
This song is sung towards the beginning of a Musical to show what the main characters desires are.
What is an "I Want" song?
This Lin-Manuel Miranda show was one of the first rap musicals to hit the stage, paving the way for others like it.
What is In The Heights?
This 2008 production transformed it's theater into an underwater kingdom, where you would find it's protagonist longing to be "Part of that World".
What is the Little Mermaid?
Theaters often skip this letter when labeling rows so audience members don't confuse it with the number one.
What is "I"?
The musical "The Sound Of Music" features this song that teaches you how to sing, comparing notes like "Ti" to a drink with jam and bread.
What is "Do, Re, Mi"?
This art form rarely ever involves dancing and is primarily focused on the singing and vocal talents of it's performers.
What is Opera?
This show is one of the longest running shows on Broadway and is known for it's famous green character.
What is Wicked?
Based on the 2013 film, this musical can get a little icy and shows the love between two sisters. It also shows the tragedy that would happen to a snowman "In Summer".
What is Frozen?