Broadway Quiz #1

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Considered to be the first musical, melodrama with immodestly dressed ballet dancers, was a previously established play.

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The Black Crook

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Developing and writing Mulligan Guard shows, the singing had to do with what was going on in the play.

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Harrigan and Hart

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Contibuted to musical theatre..

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Vaudeville and Minstrel Shows

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Only theatres actually on Broadway street.

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Broadway and Plaza

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Pirates of Penzance & HMS Pinafore. Pirates was actually written and performed in NYC.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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A show made up of various sketches much like SNL. Most had a theme.

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A Revue

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Producer of the Ziegfeld Follies in the New Amsterdam Theatre. Had clad showgirls, elaborate costumes, sumptuous scenery, introduced comedian Fanny Brice (Funny Girl)

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Florenz Ziegfeld

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Much like a revue, however whites and blacks would dress up in black face.

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Minstrel Show

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First musical written by and acted by all blacks. It introduced Bert Williams who was the first black man to be in a Follie show.

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In Dahomey

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Came from a Vaudeville family. Wrote and starred in over 40 shows like “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Regards to Broadway”. Only entertainer to have a statue in Broadway.

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George M. Cohan

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Comic, singer, and dancer. Her life is the basis for “Funny Girl”. Sings “My Man”.

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Fanny Brice

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Focused more on the love plot more than comic elements.

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Vietnnese Operettas

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Most famous for his blackface and “mammy” songs. Star of the first talking motion picture.

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Al Jolson

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”Oh Boy” & “Very Good Eddie” (Princess shows)

Rewrote British shows for American ways

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Jereome Kern

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Member of Tin Pan Alley.

“Alexanders Ragtime Band”

First to write an all ragtime score.

Wrote over 2 dozen shows.

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Irving Berlin

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Shows with small casts and sets, with easy points.

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Princess Theatre Show

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Wrote “Swanee” that was performed by Al Jolson.

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George Gershwin.

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In this year 250 shows opened and 50 of them were musicals.

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1927

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The competitors of the Ziegfeld Follies.

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George White and Earl Carroll.

White produced fast paced shows and emphasized dancing.

Carroll had over the top shows with less clothing.

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Operettas “Blossom Time” and “Student Prince"

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Sigmund Romberg

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Comedic and romantic with sung dialouge vs. All sung show

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Operetta vs Opera

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Gershwin Brothers

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George (composer) & Ira (lyricist)

“Girl Crazy” which later became “Crazy for You"

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First black musical completely done by black artists. First black show to feature a romantic plot. It had black artist doing blackface. First time that there was reserved seating in the orchestra for African Americans.

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Shuffle Along

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One of the most successful composers. “The Garrick Gaities"

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Richard Rodgers

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Show by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Jerome Kern. Produced by Ziegfeld Follie. First adult musical. First show to deserve the title “Musical Theatre”. There’s 2 eras of muscials everything before and after this show. “Ol Man River”. Didn’t have a curtain call cause of the tragic ending.

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Show Boat

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Theatre columnist in NYC that coined famous terms about Broadway such as Big Gulch, Grandest Canyon, Baloney Blvd, The Big Apple.

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Walter Witchell

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First full length talking motion picture staring Al Jolson

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The Jazz Singer

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”50 Million Frenchmen”

“Let’s Do It”

“Gay Divorce"

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Cole Porter

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”Strike up the Band” (Satirical)

“Of Thee I Sing” (First musical to win a Pulitzer Prize)

“Girl Crazy”

Shows by?

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The Gershwins

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Brassy and tough, known for her loud voice. She’s the emblem of Broadway. “I Got Rythm” & “Girl Crazy"

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Ethel Merman

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Highest paid black actress. Sings “Suppertime"

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Ethel Waters

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Music and lyrics by Cole Porter in 1934. Starring Ethel Merman. His most popular show.

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Anything Goes

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Gershwins most famous composition. A critically acclaimed show, dubbed a “folk opera”, controversial for being an all black cast written by a white guy. Last show before George died.

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Porgy and Bess

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Composed by Mark Blitzstein, directed by Orsen Wells. A WPA production. The union censored the show so the cast performed from the audience.

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The Cradle Will Rock

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Lyrics by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers. An anti-hero show with an unhappy ending, introduced Gene Kelly in his Broadway Debut. Another step in the evolution of the book of the musicals.

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Pal Joey

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Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, the cast was made up of all service men.

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”This is the Army"

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Lyrics by Hammerstein, music by Rodgers, the final song was so big the show changed to the name of the song. First musical to have an Original Cast Album. First to use the title “Musical Play” Every year there’s over 600 productions of the show.

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Oklahoma!

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She’s credited with changing Broadway dance by having it be apart of the story. “The Dream Ballet” was a big milestone.

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Agnes De Mille

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Integrated musical format. Jerome Robbins was the coreagrapher.

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On The Town

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Another Hammerstein and Rodgers musical with a serious and sad plot. Needs to have excellent actors and singers.

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Carousel

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Vietnesse Operaetta Composers

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Franz Lehar

Rudolph Friml

Victor Herbert

Sigmund Romberg