Ch. 1 Musicals Slides 5-6

The most important feature of a musical comedy is the ____ woven into the story.

• Songs

• Stories

• Characters

• Speeches

The themes of musical comedies are ___.

• tragic

• light

• serious

• scary

___ ____ can include many styles of music, such as jazz, pop, country and ethnic.

• Musical plays

• Operas

• Operettas

• Musical comedies

One main focus of a musical comedy is that it should be ____.

• silly

• sad

• scary

• entertaining

After which war did many composers decide to produce musicals that had more meaning, probed deeper into the personalities of the characters and presented more innovative music?

• World War I

• World War II

• Vietnam

• Civil War

Two examples of ___ ____ are the Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret.

• Musical comedies

• Operettas

• Operas

• Musical plays

The songs of a musical play are considered ____ and memorable.

• ornate

• angry

• singable

• complex

The themes of musical plays are more ___.

• romantic

• comic

• light-hearted

• serious