History
Musical theatre began in this century
What is the 19th century?
The person who portrays a character in the musical
What is an actor or actress?
One of the highest levels of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world
What is Broadway?
A popular Disney musical with elaborate costuming
What is The Lion King?
A performer that can sing, dance, and act at a high level
What is a triple threat?
The revival of "old" musicals happened in this decade
What is the 2000s?
The person who oversees all of the aspects of the musical
What is the producer?
The location of Broadway in New York City
What is the theatre district?
The longest running musical on Broadway reaching 10,000 performances in 2012
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
Musical theatre utilizes these styles of dance
What is jazz, ballet, tap, and hip-hop?
Rock musicals and rock operas became popular in this decade
What is the 1970s?
The person responsible for all music aspects of the performance
What is the music director?
The majority of shows on Broadway are this type
What are musicals?
A jazz musical set in the Prohibition-era
What is Chicago?
The two styles of singing in musical theatre
What is legit and belting?
Megamusicals became popular in this decade
What is the 1980s?
The person who creates the lighting and atmosphere for the performance
What is the lighting designer?
Broadway grosses this much money annually
What is $1 billion?
This musical is about making a musical, set in the Theatre District of NYC
What is 42nd Street?
Actors have to act "bigger" because of this reason
What is the audience can not see subtleties well?
The Golden Age of musical theatre occurred between these decades
What is the 1940s to the 1960s?
The person who writes the play
What is the playwright?
Broadway's first nickname from the excessive amount of white lights
What is The Great White Way?
The first musical written by a team--composer and librettist
What is Oklahoma!?
Musical theatre dancing relies heavily on this
What is the interpretation of the music?