Composers
The man who wrote Anything Goes, whose name rhymes with "Pole Courter."
Who is Cole Porter?
A musical from the late 1920s that had the first fully integrated cast.
What is Show Boat?
It is used to help you project louder when speaking or singing.
What is the Diaphragm?
The name of the musical theatre era lasting from the 1940s to the 1960s.
What is the Golden Age of Musicals?
The best time of year, combining costumes with candy and sometimes a little bit of horror.
What is Halloween?
The Kings of the Golden Age of Musicals who wrote Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, The King & I, and Cinderella.
Who were Rodgers and Hammerstein?
A Cole Porter musical from the 1930s that highlighted tap dancing.
What is Anything Goes?
These are the two different types of singing in musical theatre.
What are Legit and Belting?
The two decades which first gave rise to musical theatre. Musicals of the time were light-hearted and sometimes shallow.
What are the 1920s and 1930s?
Frontman of the band Queen and probably the most talented singer of all time, he will rock you.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
A composer of the 1990s who released the audacious musical RENT, but sadly died before it opened.
Who is Jonathan Larson?
The 1940's musical that kicked off the Golden Age of Musicals.
What is Oklahoma!?
A type of singing that is most often described as "classical" and "operatic".
What is Legit Singing?
The type of musical theatre that reigned in the 1980s and 1990s, known for being extravagant and expensive.
What are Mega Musicals?
The name of a star in our solar system, and also the name of one of Ms. Young's favorite fictional characters, known for saying to "never trust the living" and announce when "iiiiiiiiiiiit's SHOWTIME!"
What is Betelgeuse?
A mega musical composer best known for his work in Xanadu, Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Phantom of the Opera, among others.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
A type of singing associated with diaphragmatic tension, it sounds "contemporary" and "popish".
What is Belting?
The artform that would give birth to musical theatre.
What is Opera?
A half-Vulcan science officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise who would no doubt tell you to "live long, and prosper".
Who is Mr. Spock?
A musical theatre composer with 44 awards, including an Oscar, a few Tonys, and a few Grammys. He is best known for his intricate song style and smart lyrics, and famously refused to work with other composers after West Side Story.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
Jonathan Larson's first and only official musical, it tells the story of a group of friends living through the AIDS crisis in New York.
What is RENT?
The leading soprano in opera, sometimes referred to as the "fat lady".
What is a Prima Donna?
The type of musical theatre that reigned in the 1970s, known for having a harder "edge" and partly derived from music on the radio.
What is a Rock Musical?
The die most often used in D&D. You roll it to determine initiative for combat and whether your character succeeds or fails skill checks, among other things.
Select From:
d4 / d6 / d8 / d10 / d12 / d20 / d100
What is a d20?