Important People
Playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire
Who is Tennesse Williams?
These are three major regional theatre established in the 1900's.
What are The Globe, The Arena Stage, and The American Conservatory Theatre?
Made up of the following 3 elements: song, dance, spoken word
What is musical theatre?
This duo wrote the musical and lyrics to West Side Story
Who are Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim?
Considered to be the first musical.
What is The Black Crook?
Composer of The Phantom of the Opera.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
The most influential female playwright of the 1900's.
Who is Lillian Hellman?
The first musical to be presented realistically and contain serious subject matter.
What is Showboat?
Who is Michael Bennett?
The current longest-running Broadway show.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
The playwright/composer popular for his unusal musical treatements and unusal subject matter (ie. murder and cannibalism).
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
The minority group most represented in 1960's theatre.
Who are African Americans?
This theatrical element is present in musical theatre, but not opera.
Spoken word
This duo wrote Oklahoma!
Who are Rogers and Hammerstein?
This is the name for musicals that contain a collection of songs from the radio or a specific artist (ie. Jersey Boys, We Will Rock You, Back to the 80's)
What is a jukebox musical?
The first American playwright to have an international reputation.
Who is Eugene O'Neill?
The major types of anti-realism theatre.
What are absurdism, symbolism, and impressionism?
The first musical to combine story, music, and dance into a unified whole.
What is Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! ?
Wrote the musical Little Johnny Jones.
Who is George M. Cohan?
The theatre practictioner recognized for moving away from flat scenery to 3-dimensional designs.
Who is Edward Gordon-Craig?
The first American born musical composer.
Who is George M. Cohan?
These modern theatre plays allow the audience to interact with performers and become a part of the play.
What are happenings?
The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize.
What is Of Thee I Sing?
This duo wrote My Fair Lady.
Who are Lerner and Lowe?
Select one musical from our documentary and describe its contribution to theatre history.
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