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WorksheetsCrash Course Theater #50 Broadway Musical
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
EXTRA CREDIT: I am going to watch a Broadway Musical tomorrow....If you guess it right I'll give you a bonus point.
Hamilton
Moulin Rouge
Natasha, Pierre, and the Comet of 1812
Six
Hadestown
