Musical Theater History

True or False: Modern Musicals evolved from Asian Theater?

• True

• False

What are 4 sources that musicals can come from?

True or False: The first theater in New York was the Metropolitan Opera House.

• True

• False

How many categories do the Tony Awards have?

• 23

• 16

• 26

• 25

Who are Gilbert and Sullivan?

What show completely changed musical theater?

• Chicago

• Show Boat

• Oklahoma!

• My Fair Lady

What was the first "real" musical?

• South Pacific

• Show Boat

• Oklahoma!

• Porgy and Bess

Who was the first lady of broadway?

• Julie Andrews

• Audrey Hepburn

• Ethel Merman

• Liza Minelli

How did World War 1 affect theater?

What is an "I want" song?