What are Musicals
Where was the first Musical performed in 1866?
New York City
What was considered the first contemporary Musical?
Showboat
What type of music became popular to use in Musicals during the 1970s?
What Musicals were popular in the 1990s?
Pit Musicians
How long was the first recorded musical?
5 1/2 Hours
What were musicals competing with during the 1900s?
Movies
What is the longest-running show on Broadway?
The Phantom of the Opera
What famous Musical had the most diverse cast and was written by Lin Manuel Miranda?
Hamilton
How many people helped to make the Musical Wicked? (This number can be rounded or exact)
386
What term is used to describe a theatrical production that has many of the musical elements of opera but is lighter in subject matter and may contain spoken dialogue?
Operetta
Which musical during the 1950s had themes of Race, Gangs, and immigration?
West Side Story
What was Steven Sondheim's Musical Into the Woods based on?
Fairy Tail Characters
What platform was the Musical Ratatouille created on?
Tik Tok
Name three jobs that take place in a musical to help it run?
Stage Actors, Pit Musicians, Ticket Sellers
What are the five key features to make a Musical a Musical?
Music, Story, Costumes, Set & Actor/Actress
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Who wrote the musicals Cats, School of Rock, and Phantom of the opera?
Andrew Llyod Webber
How many months did it take to create the Musical Ratatouille?
3 Months