New York City
A famous street in NYC where many popular Musicals are performed
What is Broadway?
This Musical was made by Bernstein and Soundheim, dealt with two gangs the Jets and the Sharks in NYC and forbidden love.
What is West Side Story?
A long and sad play in a foreign language with no talking only singing
What is an Opera?
Who are Gilbert & Sullivan?
This first Broadway musical debuted in 1866 – it was 5 1⁄2 hours long
What is the Black Crook?
This is where the musical West Side Story takes place
What is the Upper West Side of Manhattan?
This Musical takes place in farm country in 1906 and is about a Farmer and a Cowboy trying to marry Farmgirl Laurey Williams
What is Oklahoma?
A short, funny play in English, with spoken dialogue and some music
What is an Operetta
These two people wrote the music/lyrics/and choreography of West Side Story
Who were Bernstein and Sondheim?
This is the longest running Broadway musical, it has been performed on Broadway for 34 years since 1988
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
Broadway begins at this location
This musical takes place in Austria and is about Maria, a governess, who brings a new love of life and music into the home of the Von Trapp children
What is the Sound of Music?
This Operetta was about a man who had to work for a band of Pirates. His apprenticeship says that he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday, meaning that he must serve for another 63 years since his birthday was on a Leap Year
What is Pirates of Penzance?
This duo wrote the music and lyrics for Oklahoma, Carousel, and Sound of Music.
Who is Rodgers and Hammerstein?
This Musical debuted on December 27, 1927 and ran for 572 performances
What is Show Boat?
The year that the first Broadway musical debuted
What is 1866?
This musical is about a young, orphaned child as he navigates the London’s underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and - most importantly - for love
What is Oliver?
The name of a famous Opera that we watch the first day of this unit. It had a woman in a black gown singing really high pitched music.
What is the Magic Flute?
This person wrote the music and lyrics to Oliver!
Who is Lionel Bart?
This Musical opened on November 16, 1959 for 1,443 performances and won five Tony Awards,
What is the Sound of Music?
The number of Broadway Theaters in NYC
What is 41?
This musical is about two workers who meet and fall in love. Their marriage ends up costing both their jobs, and things go downhill from there. The husband commits a robbery to provide for his family that goes terrible wrong.
What is Carousel?
The name of the song we watched during class where the General is singing about how much better he is than the Pirates
What is a Major General?
This composer/lyricist just died last year, he wrote many famous musicals such as West Side Story
Who is Stephen Soundheim
This Musical opened on January 6 1963, ran for 774 performances and won a Tony Award
What is Oliver?