Broadway Beginnings
This was the first "musical" ever produced on Broadway. It tells the story of a rich old man who falls in love with a beautiful young girl. She is already engaged to a young man she loves, so the old man curses the young man with the help of a 'crooked' old man who uses black magic.
What is "The Black Crook?"
This was the biggest technological advance in the film industry in the 1920s. Singin' in the Rain is a film about this new phenomenon.
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What is the "Golden Age?"
This kind of music was introduced to musicals in the 1960s as a way to draw younger crowds to Broadway.
What is rock music/rock 'n roll?
This event, which occurred on 10/29/1929, led the United States into the Great Depression, an era of financial crisis, job loss, and suffering for millions of Americans.
What is the stock market crash?
The number of professional Broadway theaters in New York City's "theater district."
What is 41?
This is a term meaning 'written about the era in which it is performed.' Showboat was considered the first musical of this kind in 1927.
What is "contemporary?"
This musical was considered the first of the Golden Age musicals, opening in 1943 at the St. James Theater.
What is "Oklahoma!"
This was one of the musicals of the 60s and 70s that made a political statement, reflecting true events in the United States. (3 possible answers)
What are Hair, Cabaret, and 1776?
This is the term for young men being called to serve in the Vietnam War without enlisting/volunteering for the U.S. military. When they turned 18, they registered with the government and carried a card with an identification number on it.
What is "the draft?"
This is a genre of show that involves no spoken words. It is entirely sung and is usually about more serious subjects.
What is opera?
This is the term for music that has been passed down from generation to generation.
What is "folk music?"
What is "Fiddler on the Roof?"
This is a musical composed by Charlie Small, Luther Vandross, and Quincy Jones that told the story of Dorothy and her 3 friends, but with a twist, including music written in the popular style of the 70s.
What is "The Wiz?"
This Act of Congress, passed in 1964, made it illegal to refuse service to someone based on the color of their skin.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
In the late 1800s, this composing duo became famous for writing 14 operettas, including Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, and The Mikado.
This is the term for a musical where the songs are important to the plot and help to forward the story.
What is a "book musical?"
World War II ended in this year.
What is 1945?
He is one of the famous composers of rock musicals in the 1960s and 70s. (3 possible answers)
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, or William Finn?
What is "Woodstock?"
Who is P.T. Barnum?
This was the first Broadway musical to feature an entirely African-American cast.
What is "Porgy & Bess?"
This person or team is one of the biggest composers of Broadway's Golden Age. (7 acceptable answers)
Who are Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Lerner & Lowe, Cole Porter, and Frank Loesser?
This is a rock musical that debuted in 1967, which was largely focused around the "hippie" movement's culture of peace and love. We watched them on the Ed Sullivan Show sporting their "big dos."
What is "Hair?"
This Act of Congress was passed in 1965 and did away with the "poll tax" and literacy test, which had been previously required to vote in U.S. Presidential elections.
What is the "Voting Rights Act?"