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Name two countries immigrants in NYC originated in the 1890's whose culture helped contribute to the creation of the musical.
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Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Russia
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What is a revue?
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Multi and popular show that combines music, dance, sketches-unrelated
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What year did Black Crook premiere?
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1866
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How did Black Crook become a musical?
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French Dance Troupe
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What class bracket did Flo Ziegfled come from?
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High brow German immigrants
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ziegfeld follies were based on what european traditions?
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Follies Bergere
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Name two components of Ziegfeld follies?
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tableu, chorus lines, beautiful american girls
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Ziegfeld died in?
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1932
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Who were the two most unusual people Ziegfeld hired for the follies? Why were they so unusual?
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Fanny Bryce- not typical show girl
Burt Williams- An african American |
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Bert William was a part of what black vaudevill circuit comedy duo?
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Walker + Williams
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What is a minstrel show?
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Black face revue usually done by white peple and "coon songs"
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What year did In Dahomey premiere on broadway
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1903
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What was special about in DAhomey
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all black production on broadway cast, writers ,producers
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What year did bert williams join Dahomey?
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1910
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Who were Harrigan and HArt? What yera did they start in? how long did they perform for?
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Irish slapstick comedians 1878, 12 years
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What is a burlesque comedy?
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satirical physical comedy
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Why was piano important in the home life?
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popular form of entertainment
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What was irving berlin's real name?
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Israel Baline
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What was significant about Alexander's ragtime band?
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made ragtime safe
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Name two types of song Irving berlin wrote
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Ragtime, Vaudeville, yiddish,broadway, black songs
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Name two shows with music done by Irving Berlin
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Call me madame, White Christmas
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What was tin pan alley?
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Street in NYC w music publishing houses- constant noise
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Who started the 1919 strike
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dancers
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what two groups joind the strike
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musicians, stage hands
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how long did it last for?
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1 month
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What modern day union came out of the strike? Who do the represent?
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Actors Equity Union, Actors, Stage managers
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Name two things gained by the strike, aside from the union
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better wages, limited hours
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What was buck and wing dancing
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Flat footed
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WHo broke the tradition of buck and wing dancing?
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Bil bojangles robinson
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How old was Bil Bojangles Robinson when he first danced for a white audience?
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50
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Name two shows with music done by Irving Berlin
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Call me madame, White Christmas
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What was tin pan alley?
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Street in NYC w music publishing houses- constant noise
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Who started the 1919 strike
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dancers
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what two groups joind the strike
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musicians, stage hands
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how long did it last for?
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1 month
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What modern day union came out of the strike? Who do the represent?
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Actors Equity Union, Actors, Stage managers
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Name two things gained by the strike, aside from the union
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better wages, limited hours
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What was buck and wing dancing
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Flat footed
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WHo broke the tradition of buck and wing dancing?
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Bil bojangles robinson
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How old was Bil Bojangles Robinson when he first danced for a white audience?
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50
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what part of nyc did the immigrant communities gravitate towards?
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lower east side
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What art school did Ziegfeld father help found?
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Chicago musical college academy?
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When Ziegfeld ran away from home what did he do?
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circus
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Where was the classical yiddish theater in the late 19th and 20th century
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2nd avenue
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Who starred in watch your step?
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Vernan and Irene Castlre
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Who coined the word copacetic
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Bill Bojangles Robinson
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What was the name of the black revue for white audiences produced by lew leslie in 1928
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Black birds of 1928
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oklahoma
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green grow the lilacs
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West side story
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Romeo and Juliet
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Kiss me kate
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Tales of south pacific
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the king and I
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Anna and the king of Siam
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South Pacific
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Tales of the south pacific
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Porgy and Bess
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Porgy
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What is the name of the ship
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The cotton blossom
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What river does it travel up and down
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mississippi
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WHat kind of a boat is it?
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Paddle
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Name two serious themes in show boat
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Racism, Alcoholism
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What was special about showboats cast?
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integrated black and white
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what was the time span covered by show boat
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1880-1920
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What to know about exotoxins released by Shigella
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Shiga toxin (also produced by E.coli 0157:H7).
Cleaves host cell rRNA (60S). Also enhances cytokine release causing hemolytic uremic syndrome. |
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What names did they go by professionally
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George and Ira Gershwin
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Who wrote lyrics
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IRa
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Who wrote music
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George
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A sing plugger did what?
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play music for prospectice for buyers to publish
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What song by George was interpolated into a revue by al joson
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Swanee
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Who produced the revues titled Scandals, that george had songs in?
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George white
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What was the name of George and Ira's first musical on Broadway?
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Lady be good
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WHen did the stock markets crash
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Oct 29, 1929
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Who were the writers for OF THEE I SING
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george s kaufmann and Morrie Ryskind
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What was OF THEE I SING the first of
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first satirical, 2 act music on broadway
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What song caused George to become an overnight sensation when it was performed in the 1924 concert an experiment in modern music?
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Rhapsody in blue
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What lost Flo Ziegfeld all his money
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great depression
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producer
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the person or persons that choose which musical to support and put onstage
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musical director
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In charge of orchestr. Can see both the performers and the orchestra, conducor
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Stage manager
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A theater needs custodians, bar keepers, box office staff, souvenir sales staff, stage door attendants and on and on.
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orchestrator
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In charge of rehearsals, scheduling, script changes, actors calls, staging changes, getting info to designers, shops
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company manager
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person who is delefated to one production
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investors in charge of publicity
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investors
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Casting director
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goes to everything? has an encycolpedic memory of every actor/performer
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House manger
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person in charge of running the new company's business
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advertising
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individuals who put up the money to produce the show
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general manger
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the person or persons that choose which musical to support and put onstage
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voted most entertaining as an undergrad at yale. two musical numbers composed by porter are
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let's do it, too darn hot
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He had a dry spell until 1948 when he worked on
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kiss me kate
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porter continued to work despite being permanently disabled
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horse riding accident
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Oscar hammerstein wro lyrics for 1924 opperetta
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rose marie
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hammerstein fought to keep the musical number
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you've got to be carefully taught-preachy, dealing w/ material sensitive to time
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what part is written for paul robeson in show boat
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Joe
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Which government agency had file on him
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FBI
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WHat made hime quit his job
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racist secretary-didn't take order
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Jerome Kern and what affiliation with what theater
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princess theater
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collaborated on what musical whit oscar hammerstein? what songs did he write
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showboat(can't help loving that man)
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stephen soundheim wrote lyrics for what musical
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west side story
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Name two musicals written by soundheim
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sweeny todd, assasins
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he was president of?
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dramatis guild
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based on the book porgy, by author
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dubose Hayward
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Why did Gershwin turn down Porgy and Bess
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wanted in to be on broadway
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what was unusual abou his casting choices
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all black cast
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who was rodgers first partner
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Lorenz
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How long were rogers and hart a team
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19 years
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Where did rogers and hart both go to school
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columbia
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Name two of rodgers and harts shows
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dumbo, i'd rather be right
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What was rogers and hammerstein's first show together
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Oklahoma
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Name two other musical besides Oklahoma Rogers and hart wrote tohether
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South pacific, king and I
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What was the last musical Rodgers and Hart wrote together
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By jupiter
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What was Oklahoma originally going be titled
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Away we go
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How was Hammerstein's death honored on broadway
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turned off lights @ 9pm
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what musical won the 2003 tony award for best musical
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Avenue Q
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What musical did everyone think was going to win the Tony for Best musical
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Wicked
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What was the name of the musical based on Boy George
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Taboo
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who wrote caroline or change
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tony kushner
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what pulitzer wnning play did this person write
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Angels in america
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Who wrote Taboo
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Rosy O'donnel
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WHo starred in Caroline or Change
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Tanya Pinkins
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WHat did the creators of Avenue Q originally want it to be
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Tv show
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WHo had original idea of West Side story
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Jermoe Robins
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Who wrote the lyrics
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Soundheim and Bernstein
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who wrote the music
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Bernstein
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What other musical did leonard bernstein write music for while working on wss
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Candide
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who was stephen soundheim's mentor at the time of WESt Side Stroy
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Hammerstein
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WHy was stephen soundheim intitally hesistant about working with Bernstein
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Wanted to write music and lyrics
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How long was the rehearsal period
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8 weeks
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A childrens tragedy wriiten by
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Frank Wedekind
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name 3 contrversial tropic
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rape, abortion, teen sex
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What major award did this musical win in 2006
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best musical
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what is unusual about the musical numbers in the show
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characters don't sing to eachother, rock music
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