The 1990s were known for the clean-up of Times Square and the introduction of Disney to Broadway known as . . .
What is Disneyfication?
100
One of the most influential writing teams in history, their last show was "The Sound of Music" which premiered in 1959.
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
100
Music written by Andrew Lloyd Weber and based off a book of poems by T.S. Elliot, this musical is about a collection of dancing felines.
What is Cats?
100
This trend/phenomenon began on Broadway after the successful releases of animated musicals like "the Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast"
What is Disneyfication?
100
Casting a celebrity in a role in order to attract a larger audience, regardless of their talent.
What is stunt casting?
200
Which of the following political or social changes did NOT take place in the 1960s?
Women's Suffrage
Sexual Revolution
Civil Rights Movement
Rise of the Counter Culture
Women's Suffrage
200
Famous Director/Choreographer who found fame in both film and on stage: "West Side Story" and "Chicago"
Who is Bob Fosse?
200
Frank Loesser was the New York born-and-bred composer/lyricist who wrote the score for this self-described ‘musical fable’ about gangsters Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson, and the women who love them.
What is "Guys and Dolls"?
200
A musical style that emphasizes spectacle as stage technology advances?
What is the mega-musical?
200
This musical was considered radical due to its gay romantic leads.
What is "La Cage Aux Folles"?
300
This era is known as the 'golden age' of director/choreographers.
What are the 1970s?
300
Wrote "Rent" as a response to the growing AIDS epidemic.
Who is Jonathan Larson?
300
This 1960s musical included 'avant garde' conventions like having the performers interact with the audiences, having the band onstage, and the use of nudity and strong language.
What is "Hair"?
300
A musical-type based off of a single artists' collection of music or a genre of pre-existing music where a story is written to connect the songs into a plot.
What is a jukebox musical?
300
True or False
"A Streetcar Called Marge” from The Simpsons is an example of satire by musicalizing a non-musical source
True
400
This U.S. President was murdered by Aaron Burr and his life has been turned into a musical by Lin Manuel Miranda
Who is Alexander Hamilton (Bonus points if you can name his political position)
400
Producer of the "British Invasion" musicals including "Cats", "Les Miserables", etc.
Who is Cameron Mackintosh?
400
This 1966 musical tells the story of Sally Bowles, and its musical numbers in the Kit Kat Klub commented on the action. Liza Minelli starred in the movie and made the title song famous.
What is "Cabaret"?
400
This screen-to-stage musical originated from a Mel Brooks film before hitting the stage and eventually rebooted as a film starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.
What is "The Producers"?
400
Media companies linking marketing efforts for multiple products, and selling themselves as much as the products; i.e. the film sells the musical, the musical sells the film, and they both sell t-shirts and CDs.
What is business synergy?
500
This President presided over economic growth and "New Prosperity" during the 1980s
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
This writer is known for his songs lacking a "hummable quality" as well as his common themes of an ambivalence towards connection (desire for and yet mistrust of it)
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
500
This 1972 show was loosely based on the son of the medieval French monarch Charlemagne. Its score was by Stephen Schwartz but it is most remembered for director/choreographer Bob Fosse’s work and as his commentary on the Vietnam War
What is "Pippin"?
500
Which Andrew Lloyd Weber musical started as a concept album?
What is "Jesus Christ Superstar"?
500
Lin Manuel Miranda uses this form of music in his musicals.