Crash Course Theater #50 Broadway Musical

What was "The Black Crook?"

• A book that was turned into a play

• What some consider the first American musical

• A intense drama about a wrongly convicted man

• One of the first trilogy films.

The producers of "The Black Crook" paired dances from a stranded French dance troupe with a incomprehensible play about black magic and fairies. They tricked out it out with what two things?

• Scenery & Songs

• Costumes & Dances

• Scenery & Costumes

• Costumes & Lighting

Who is Jerome Kern?

• Ziegfeld's accountant who kept track of the money the Follies made

• The greatest actor in the early 1900s.

• A journalist who did the first theater reviews of Broadway musicals.

• A man considered the father of the book musical.

Which of the following were NOT reasons that book musicals considered revolutionary at the time? Select all that apply

• Characters were recognizable

• Situations were contemporary

• They incorporated special effects

• The plot, lyrics and style of songs went together

• They used famous actors and actresses

Probably the first thoroughly modern musical was ...

• White Christmas

• Ziegfeld Follies

• Show Boat

• White Christmas

What musical was based on the play "Green Grow the Lilacs?"

• Oklahoma!

• Wicked

• Oh What a Beautiful Morning

• Sweet Charity

Identify the two reason the songs in the musical Oklahoma!

• The songs help to tell the story

• The songs are universal and could be song by any of the character in the production.

• The most of songs are written to express a character view point.

• They are a welcome distraction from the story for the audience

One of the reasons "Oklahoma" is considered so important is that every dance number had a ....

• purpose

• solo

• special costumes

• props

Check other Rogers and Hammerstein musicals besides Oklahoma!

• Les Misérables

• Sound of Music

• King and I

• Wicked

Like many of the things in life we love, musicals are big and they are...

• Complicated

• Dramatic

• Simplified

• Full of laughter