Show:
The Broad Way
Show stoppers
The Book keepers
Modern Fare
80's, 90's
100
What is the show that started it all and also ran for a total of 5 1/2 hours?
What is THE BLACK CROOK?
100
Who were the original performers on the Broadway stage?
Who are ladies of the night, hookers, or burlesque performers.
100
Who were the two most important contributors to the musical-play form?
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein.
100
Name two shows that were revived in the 2000's?
What is Fiddler on the Roof, A Chorus Line, South Pacific, Gypsy, Hair, West Side Story, and Grease.
100
What type of musical became more popular and common in the 1980's and 90's?
What are mega-musicals or pop operas?
200
What are two of the three reasons why the number of people who attended the theater increased during the birth of the U.S. Musical?
What is transportation improvement, street lighting and poverty decreasing.
200
What is the reason that people flocked to the theater during the 1920's?
What is World War I?
200
Name three other plays that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote other than Oklahoma!.
What is Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
200
What ｓｈｏｗ features puppets　ａｎｄ　ｗａｓ modeled after　ｓｅｓａｍｅ　ｓｔｒｅｅｔ？
ｗｈａｔ is AVENUE Q.
200
What is one of the large corporations that began production of very popular and common musicals?
What is The Walt Disney Company?
300
Who produced annual spectacular song-and-dance revues on Broadway during the 1920's?
Who is Florenz Ziegfeld
300
What is the play that inspired the formula for the U.S. Musical and was the first musical that was widely recognized as such?
What is SHOW BOAT
300
What is the first play that Stephen Sondheim worked on as a Lyricist?
What is WEST SIDE STORY
300
What ｍｕｓｉｃａｌ　ｈａｓ　ｂｅｅｎ　ａ major　ｂｏｘ office　ｈｉｔ in　ｔｈｅ united　ｓｔａｔｅｓ　ａｎd was　ｂａｓｅｄ on　ａ popular　ｂｏｏｋ
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300
Name one of the smaller but still financially successful musicals of this era.
What is Little shop of Horrors, Bat Boy: The Musical, and Blood Brothers.
400
What is the musical featured nudity, controversial oppionions about the Vietnam War, race relations, and other social issues?
What is HAIR?
400
What is the first "blockbuster" Broadway show?
What is Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
400
What is the first play that Sondheim wrote both the music and the lyrics?
What is A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
400
What is one of the films that has been adapted in the 2000's into a Broadway hit!
What is Spamalot, Shrek, Dracula, Young Frankenstein, Billy Elliot, Leagally Blonde, Hairspray, and The Producers.
400
What are some of the crazy effects that happened onstage during this era?
What is a helicopter landing onstage or a chandelier crashing onstage.
500
What are two of the shows that brought a significant African-American influence to Broadway?
What are Rasin, Dreamgirls, Purlie, and The Wiz
500
What is the first musical that featured Rock Music?
What is HAIR?
500
Name two of the plays that Jerry Herman produced.
What are MILK AND HONEY, HELLO DOLLY!, MAME, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
500
What significance does the reuse of plots on the Broadway stage show, at least to some critics?
What is Broadway is becoming a Tourist attraction rather than a creative outlet.
500
What are two of the three darker big budget musicals of the 1980's?
What are Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, and The Phantom of the Opera.