1980's
Name 3 MegaMusicals.
Cats
Les Mis
Phantom of the Opera
What rock musical played over 3,000 performances at the Nederlander theater?
Rent
What 2002 show based on a movie cost a whopping over 10 million dollars to produce? (Unheard of at the time!)
Hairspray
Name a show that starred Sutton Foster in this decade.
Shrek
Thoroughly Modern Millie
What was the name of the final Sondheim/Prince collaboration that resulted in a flop?
Merrily We Roll Along
What is the big spectacle set element in Phantom of the Opera?
The Chandelier
What was the first Broadway hit for the songwriting team of Ahrens and Flaherty?
Once on This Island
What was the 2006 musical produced by Oprah?
The Color Purple
What musical is credited as making Billy Porter a true Broadway star?
Kinky Boots
Name 2 jukebox musicals.
Mamma Mia
Saturday Night Fever
The Marvelous Wonderettes
We Will Rock You
Movin Out
On the Record
All Shook Up
Jersey Boys
American Idiot
Ring of Fire
Rock of Ages
Everyday Rapture
Million Dollar Quartet
Beautiful
Motown
Bullets Over Broadway
On Your Feet
Summer
Escape to Margaritaville
Jagged Little Pill
Head Over Heels
What was the famous opening night story of 42nd Street?
Gower Champion died on opening night. Merrick, having a flare for the press, waited to announce the news until curtain call onstage.
What corporation took over Broadway in the 90's? (Many successes)
Disney
What was the experimental dance show that swept the 2001 Tonys?
Contact
What 2010 musical told the true story of young black men unjustly convicted of rape in Alabama?
Scottsboro Boys
What show won the 2004 Tony for Best Musical? (controversially)
Avenue Q
Name the 3 characteristics of a Mega Musical.
1. Completely sung through score replacing dialogue
2. Expansive and complicated sets
3. Melodramatic, larger than life plots
What was the biggest/most successful revival of the 90's? (1998)
Cabaret
What was notable about the 2009 Broadway production of West Side Story?
It was bilingual
Who wrote the music for Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark?
Bono and the Edge
Who is Joe Mantello?
Director: Wicked, Assassins Revival, etc
What show won Best Musical at the 1984 Tony Awards, and was a validation for the most successful composer of the 1960's? (He still had it!)
La Cage Aux Folles
Who directed The Lion King on Broadway?
Julie Taymor
Who choreographed Thoroughly Modern Millie?
Rob Ashford
What was the emo musical of the 2010's?
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Who won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a musical?
Alex Newell