Ingenues, Leading Men, Powerhouse Women
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Leading Men & Women
We've Got the Power!
100
Ingenues typically have this type of voice (or this range or classified as this)
What is a soprano?
100
Which of these is a common characteristic of a musical theater powerhouse woman?
She is dainty, She is usually naive, she is strong and outgoing, She is always a soprano
What is: She is strong and outgoing?
100
Which ingénue did Gordon MacRae play opposite in the first two Rodgers and Hammerstein movie musicals?
Who is Shirley Jones?
100
This leading lady won her first Tony Award for the title role in Aida in 2000.
Who is Heather Headley?
100
This powerhouse woman was born Frances Ethel Gumm.
Who is Judy Garland?
200
Of these 3, who is typically considered beautiful and gentle: The Powerhouse female, The Powerhouse Male or the ingenue
Who (or what) is the Ingenue?
200
Who won the Oscar for her portrayal of Mary Poppins in the original movie musical of the same name?
Who is Julie Andrews?
200
This powerhouse woman won a Tony for both Evita and Gypsy.
Who is Shady Patty?
Kidding.
Who is Patti Lupone?
200
This leading man won the Tony in 2016 for originating the role of Aaron Burr in Hamilton
Who is Leslie Odom, Jr.?
200
This powerhouse woman originated lead roles in the following musicals on Broadway: Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, and Gypsy.
Who is Ethel Merman?
300
Which of these is not a common characteristic of the leading man: He is usually considered handsome, He is usually the comic relief who juggles, He often has a big baritone sound
What is: He is usually the comic relief who juggles?
300
This person has the most Tony Awards of any performer
Who is Audra McDonald?
300
Which of these duos sang the mashup of "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Get Happy"?
Judy Garland and Kelli O'hara, Judy Garland and Ethel Merman, Ethel Merman and Ethel Waters, or Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland
Who is Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland?
300
This leading man played Coalhouse Walker opposite Audra McDonald in Ragtime on Broadway in 1998.
Who is Brian Stokes Mitchell?
300
This powerhouse woman became famous during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. She introduced "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club in 1933. She also introduced the tragic ballad "Suppertime" in Irving Berlin's As Thousands Cheer on Broadway that same year.
Who was Ethel Waters?
400
Who played the ingénue in the movie musical versions of Oklahoma! and Carousel?
Who is Shirley Jones?
400
Who helped to break new ground by playing Carrie Pipperidge in the 1994 Broadway revival of Carousel, a role that had usually been cast with a white actress?
Who is Audra McDonald?
400
I lost my husband in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in 2001, but returned to Broadway to win my first Tony for The Color Purple in 2005. Who am I?
Who is LaChanze?
400
This leading man played Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway production of Carousel in 1945
Who is John Raitt?
400
This powerhouse woman died from a drug overdose in 1969 after having started drugs at an early age because of studio pressure. Many say that her funeral on the last Sunday in June that year motivated gay men in a bar in downtown New York City to stand up to the police that night, and start what became the Stonewall Riots, now commemorated by the Gay Pride Parade held in NYC on the last Sunday of June every year.
Who is Judy Garland?
500
Who played the ingénue roles in the Broadway productions of The Boyfriend, My Fair Lady, and Camelot?
Who is Julie Andrews?
500
Who played the ingénue roles in the original Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza and the recent revivals of South Pacific and The King and I? She won her Tony Award for playing Anna in The King and I.
Who is Kelli O'Hara?
500
This leading lady won a Tony for Annie Get Your Gun and could be called Sondheim's muse for his two musical Broadway hits in the 1980s.
Who is Bernadette Peters?
500
This leading lady made her Broadway debut at the age of 20 in the role of Kim in Miss Saigon, and won her first Tony Award
Who is Lea Solanga?
500
Complete this sentence:
Jennifer Holliday won the Tony Award at the age of _____ for her portrayal of ________ (what role) in __________ (what show).
What is: the age of 21 for her portrayal of Effie White in Dream Girls.