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Crash Course Theater #50 Broadway Musical

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was "The Black Crook?"

a)

A book that was turned into a play

b)

What some consider the first American musical

c)

A intense drama about a wrongly convicted man

d)

One of the first trilogy films.

2.

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?

a)

Scenery & Songs

b)

Costumes & Dances

c)

Scenery & Costumes

d)

Costumes & Lighting

3.

Who is Jerome Kern?

a)

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

b)

The greatest actor in the early 1900s.

c)

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

d)

A man considered the father of the book musical.

4.

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

a)

Characters were recognizable

b)

Situations were contemporary

c)

They incorporated special effects

d)

The plot, lyrics and style of songs went together

e)

They used famous actors and actresses

5.

Probably the first thoroughly modern musical was ...

a)

White Christmas

b)

Ziegfeld Follies

c)

Show Boat

d)

White Christmas

6.

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

a)

Oklahoma!

b)

Wicked

c)

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

d)

Sweet Charity

7.

Identify the two reason the songs in the musical Oklahoma!

a)

The songs help to tell the story

b)

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

c)

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

d)

They are a welcome distraction from the story for the audience

8.

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

a)

purpose

b)

solo

c)

special costumes

d)

props

9.

Check other Rogers and Hammerstein musicals besides Oklahoma!

a)

Les Misérables

b)

Sound of Music

c)

King and I

d)

Wicked

10.

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

a)

Complicated

b)

Dramatic

c)

Simplified

d)

Full of laughter

11.

EXTRA CREDIT: I am going to watch a Broadway Musical tomorrow....If you guess it right I'll give you a bonus point.

a)

Hamilton

b)

Moulin Rouge

c)

Natasha, Pierre, and the Comet of 1812

d)

Six

e)

Hadestown