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This iconic song from The Sound of Music lists a dozen different musical notes.
Answer: What is "Do-Re-Mi"?
The origins of modern musical theatre can be traced back to these ancient people, whose theatrical performances included music, dance, and choruses.
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
The film version of this musical about a high school production was a massive Disney Channel hit starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
What is High School Musical?
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, lyrics, and book for this 2015 phenomenon, which tells the story of an American Founding Father.
What is Hamilton?
This is the name of the song that Elphaba sings at the end of Act I of Wicked, in which she embraces her power.
What is "Defying Gravity"?
This landmark 1943 musical, featuring music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, marked the beginning of the "Golden Age" of American musical theatre.
What is Oklahoma!?
This 2002 Oscar-winning film musical starring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones was based on the 1975 Fosse-directed Broadway show.
What is Chicago?
This composer-lyricist wrote the music and lyrics for Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
In the musical Hamilton, George Washington's gloomy war updates were often received via letters during this song about the ongoing revolution.
What is "Stay Alive" (or "Right Hand Man", where the letters are mentioned)?
This operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan is often considered the predecessor to modern Musical Theater.
What is The Pirates of Penzance?
This 2021 film adaptation of a Broadway show was directed by Jon M. Chu and follows a bodega owner in Washington Heights.
What is In the Heights?
This duo was responsible for beloved musicals such as The King and I, South Pacific, and Carousel.
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
In Singin' in the Rain, this aspiring actress and "legitimate stage" performer, Kathy Selden, is revealed to be a chorus girl when she pops out of a large mock cake to perform this song.
What is, "All I Do is Dream of You".
This 1927 production, based on a novel by Edna Ferber, was a landmark "integrated musical" that dealt with serious themes like unhappy marriages and racial prejudice. It is considered one of the first modern musicals.
What is Show Boat?
This 1964 film musical, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, stars Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, though Hepburn's singing voice was largely dubbed.
What is My Fair Lady?
The musical Evita was created by this famous British writing team, known also for Cats and The Phantom of the Opera (though the latter's lyrics were by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe).
Who are Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?
This musical's original cast album made the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 2024, 21 years after its initial release.
What is Wicked?
The 1970s and 80s lead to grand sets, big costumes, and even larger emotion. Many musicals written in this time period, such as Cats, were classified under this term.
What is a Megamusical, or Blockbuster Musical.
Emma Stone won an Oscar for her role in the film La La Land, but her Broadway debut came later in the musical reboot of this movie turned stage musical.
What is Newsies?
The musical Hadestown, which won the Tony for Best Musical in 2019, was written by this singer-songwriter.
Who is Anaïs Mitchell?