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American Musicals Review
History
Question: What are the 2 major contributions to the Arts made by the US?
Answer: Jazz and Musical Theatre
Question: Where are most theaters in New York City located?
Answer: Times Square
Question: What is the main difference between Musical Theatre and Opera?
Answer: There are songs and speaking roles in Musical Theatre and in Opera the story is told entirely by singing and acting with no speaking roles.
Question: What 1900 decision made by the city of New York forever changed the
city and the young theatre district?
Answer: Building a subway system
Question: How did the subway system change New York City?
Answer: It allowed people of different cultures to travel through the city easily.
Titles of Broadway Musicals
Question: What is The 1990s Musical adapted from a Disney animated film?
Answer: The Lion King.
Question: What Musical features a plot about the forming of a new state?
Answer: Oklahoma
Question: What Musical is about 2 gangs and their girls, based on Shakespeare's play, "Romeo and Juliet"?
Answer: West Side Story
Question: What 1980s musical is based on a collection of T.S. Elliot's poems called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"?
Answer: CATS
Question: What 1970's musical featured a story about auditioning for a Broadway musical?
Answer: A Chorus Line
The Players
Question: Who creates and teaches all the dances for a show?
Answer: The Choreographer.
Question: Who attends to all the "behind the scenes" details of the show?
Answer: The Stage Manager.
Question: Who is responsible for everything on the audience's side of the curtain?
Answer: The House Manager.
Question: Who makes arrangements to pay for the production of a show?
Answer: The Producer
Question: Who is Responsible for ALL aspects of the show?
Answer: The Director
The Terms
Question: What is a show with no music?
Answer: A straight play
Question: What is the story or plot of the show?
Answer: book or libretto
Question: What type of show has no plot or story?
Answer: A review
Question: Who is the critic?
Answer: Person from the media who gives their opinion of the show on opening night.
Question: What part of the show is a Song and dance that "pull out all the stops"?
Answer: a production number
The Awards
Question: What award is given for Outstanding achievement in a movie ?
Answer: An Academy Award or Oscar
Question: What award is given for Outstanding achievement in television?
Answer: An Emmy
Question: What awards is given for Outstanding achievement in the recording industry?
Answer: A Grammy Award
Question: What award is given for Outstanding achievement in theatre?
Answer: A Tony award
Question: What is award given for the highest level of achievement in 21 categories including journalism, books, plays, poetry and music?
Answer: a Pulitzer Prize