Kander and Ebb
This member of the writing duo passed away while writing the musical Curtains.
Who is Fred Ebb?
These are the three rock musicals from the 60s.
What are Bye Bye Birdie, Hair, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat?
Who is Joe Pape?
This was JRB's first musical.
What is Songs for a New World?
Cite an example of visual extravagance in a megamusical.
What is the chandelier in Phantom, all of Starlight Express/Cats, the barricade in Les Mis?
This individual choreographed both the stage version of Chicago and the film adaptation of Cabaret.
Who is Bob Fosse?
This is the name of the DJ who coined the term "rock 'n' roll"
Who is Alan Freed?
This show introduced the concept of a workshop.
What is A Chorus Line?
This is the famous director who both Jason Robert Brown and Sondheim worked with. Sondheim especially.
Who is Hal Prince?
This is the decade when the cultural focus on mental health began.
What is the 2000s?
This is the longest running Broadway revival.
What is Chicago?
In the 50s and 60s, this term was used by record labels to describe essentially any music made by and for Black Americans.
What is R&B?
This groundbreaking 1967 musical started at the Public Theatre.
What is Hair?
Name two shows written by Jeanine Tesori besides Fun Home.
What are Shrek, Violet, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline or Change, Blue, Kimberly Akimbo?
Name two qualities of a megamusical.
What is visual extravagance, larger-than-life vibes, continuous music,easy to follow plots?
This was Kander and Ebb's first Broadway musical.
What is Flora, The Red Menace?
This singer-songwriter was considered the pioneer of R&B.
Who is BB King?
This financial decision is what makes Shakespeare in the Park so influential.
What is admission was free, and it made Shakespeare accessible to everyone in New York City?
Fun Home focuses on these two relationships not often explored in musical theatre.
What are father and daughter, and Lesbian relationships?
In Next to Normal Diana receives this treatment for her bipolar disorder.
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
This lyric in Cabaret caused controversy when the musical first opened.
What is "She wouldn't look Jewish at all" from the song "If You Could See Her"?
This subgenre of rock is characterized by syncopated bass lines, rhythmic ostinatos, complex repetitive drum grooves, a free melody, and artists such as James Brown.
What is funk?
This musical proved that Off-Broadway could be just as financially successful as Broadway.
What is The Threepenny Opera?
This Jeanine Tesori project is about a pilot struggling to adapt to drone warfare.
What is Grounded?
These are the two big 80s megamusicals that weren't produced by Cameron Mackintosh.
What are Chess and Starlight Express?