Types of Musicals
Writer Role
Show/
Composer
Oklahoma/
The King and I/
Into the Woods
Show/
Decade
400

a musical with rock styled music

What is a rock opera? 

400

Hammerstein

Who is a librettist?

400

Hamilton

Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda? 

400

decade that Into the Woods originally premiered on Broadway

What is the 1980s? 

400

Oklahoma

What is the 1940s?

800

a musical with well-known popular songs instead of original music

What is a jukebox musical? 

800

Sondheim

Who is a composer (lyricist)?

800

HMS Pinafore

Who is Sullivan?

800
the main character of Oklahoma

Who is Curly? 

800

Jesus Christ Superstar

What is the 1970s?

1200

a large scale musical produced for large commercial profit

What is a megamusical? 

1200

Lerner

Who is a librettist? 

1200

The King and I

Who is Richard Rodgers? 

1200
Into the Woods lyricist

Who is Stephen Sondheim? 

1200

The Lion King

What is the 1990s?

1600

a lighthearted show consisting of a series of sketches, songs and dances

What is a revue? 

1600

Hart

Who is a lyricist? 

1600

Little Shop of Horrors

Who is Alan Menken? 
1600

decade The King and I originally premiered on Broadway

What is the 1950s? 

1600

The Phantom of the Opera

What is the 1980s? 

2000

phenomenon that came to Broadway in the 90s

What are Disney Broadway musicals? 

2000

Alan Menken

Who is a composer? 

2000

Sweeney Todd

Who is Stephen Sondheim? 

2000

main character of The King and I

Who is Anna Leonowens?

2000

Hello Dolly

What is the 1960s?