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Who started the musical import from London to Broadway?
Cameron Mackintosh
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What was Disney's first attempt on Broadway?
Beauty and the Beast
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Who is Oklahoma written by?
Rodgers and Hammerstein
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What is musical theatre?
a form of theatre utilizing song to tell a story or showcase the talents of the author and/or performers
100
What was the Actors Strike of 1919 called?
Red Summer of 1919
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Who wrote the lyrics and music to Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, & Into the Woods?
Stephen Sondheim
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What are the four top musicals that Cameron Mackintosh has produced that have brought in over $8 billion dollars?
Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon
200
What does Oklahoma attempt to explore like a play?
Relationships
200
What is Choreography?
The arrangement of movements for a dance
200
What musical started the demand for the triple threat actor?
West Side Story
300
Who helped redefine Broadway on wrote Yankee Doodle?
George Cohan
300
What show is based off of Romeo & Juliet?
West Side Story
300
What part of Oklahoma was a landmark innovation that made dancing become storytelling?
The dream ballet
300
What are the four parts of musical theatre?
book, lyrics, music, and dance
300
What company was the major investor of Wicked?
Universal Studios
400
Who made Ragtime safe and was the 1st to use it on Broadway?
Irving Berlin
400
What musical started the movies to Broadway movement?
Hairspray
400
What is it the Oscar Hammerstein invented where the score follows the book?
The musical book
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How is a musical different from a play, short story, or novel?
expressing tone and feeling through song, shorten story and simplify characters, story is more to the point.
400
What is blackface?
Whites dressed up as blacks, making fun and over-exaggerating how blacks act
500
Who wrote Showboat?
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein
500
What musical incorporates rap music into its score and storyline?
In the Heights
500
Oklahoma signaled the beginning of a time where what became an essential element of the Broadway musical?
The well-crafted story
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Why is it important to have a pre-Broadway tryout of a show?
Save money, get audience reaction, make changes in casting, songs, dialogue.
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What show had no curtain call at the end of its first performance?
Showboat
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