Musical Theatre Jeopardy

Important Musicals

100

This musical is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet.

West Side Story

200

This musical gave perspective about 9/11 from Canadas perspective as well as people on planes who were stranded

Come From Away

300

This was the first Disney Broadway Musical

Beauty and the Beast

400

This was Stephen Schwartz most popular piece

Wicked

Types of Musicals

100

This Musical type consist of mainly pop/rock Music

Pop/Rock Musical

200

This musical has no plot, and has music from a certain genre, artist, time period, or band.

Musical Revue

300

This musical has the songs and dances wrapped into the plot

Book Musical

400

This musical has a plot and ahs music from a certain genre, artist, band, or time period

Jukebox Musical

Iconic Musicals

100

First Book Musical

OKLAHOMA

200

First musical to have children playing children

Annie

300

First Successful Jukebox Musical

Mamma Mia

400

What was the longest running musical of all time?

Phantom of the Opera

Revolutionary Musicals

100

Hamilton

Became mainstream and created more audience involvement. Added hip hop to musical theatre

200

Fiddler on the roof

Told Jewish perspective onstage for the first time

300

Lion King

Brought a larger audience to the theatre, as it was a family friendly show.

400

Beetlejuice

Lighting and set designs were innovative and helped tell the story perfectly.