Theatre & Film
This American variety show format is literally translated to “voice of the city."
Vaudeville
Founded by William Alexander Brown in 1821, this theatre company featured all-black actors, writers, and producers.
African Grove Theater
This early form of musical comedy blatantly made fun of grand European opera.
Ballad Opera
In what century did opera begin to materialize as a genre?
1600s
This Japanese dance drama is usually more comedic in tone.
Kabuki
In what 20th century decade did we see “the death of Vaudeville” in the US?
1930s
This 1920s cultural shift brought about an unprecedented boom in creativity and art.
Harlem Renaissance
This dynamic English writing duo introduced new formulas to musical writing which paved the way for musical theatre.
*HINT: one of their devices is the “patter song"
Gilbert and Sullivan
In what century did American operas become popular?
20th century
This musical and acrobatic performance style was developed in 1600s China.
Beijing Opera OR Peking Opera
This early form of TV entertainment strikingly resembled Vaudeville, but was more structured and filmed for in-studio and at-home audiences.
Variety Show
The young playwright was the first black female playwright to have her work produced on Broadway.
Lorraine Hansberry
This 1866 American work is considered to be the first musical comedy of its kind.
The Black Crook
This operatic music device imitates the natural inflection of speech.
Recitative
This Indian art form can be traced back to 200 BC and shares common characteristics with ancient Greek theatre.
Sanskrit Drama
These three-camera productions delivered 30-minute episodic stories to in-studio and home audiences as one-act plays.
This singer/actor/athlete/activist became America’s foremost actor in the mid-20th century.
*HINT: Played Joe in Show Boat both on Broadway AND in the film adaptation
Paul Robeson
This 1927 American musical is considered to be the first work that FULLY INTEGRATES music and serious drama.
Show Boat
Aria
Developed in 1000 BC, this Indonesian shadow puppetry art is based in Hindu religion.
Wayang
In what way did the motion picture contribute to “the death of Vaudeville” as an American tradition?
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Published in 1959, the title of this play comes from the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes.
A Raisin in the Sun
Oklahoma! first introduces audiences to what movement-based device to drive forward plot?
This Italian-American composer wrote one-acts such as The Consul, The Medium, and The Telephone.
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Why is the history of African art so difficult to trace?
African culture is rooted in the pass-down of oral tradition, thus leading to limited written records.