JEOPARDY MusicalTheatreHistory
Pre 1800s Pre 1800s Today
Pre 1800s 100 Music and Theatre were first used together in this country around 5 BC.
Pre 1800s 100 What is Greece?
Pre 1800s 200 These Greek copy cats first introduced tap shoes in the 3 rd Century.
Pre 1800s 200 What is Rome?
Pre 1800s 300 This religion greatly influenced musical theatre in Europe in the 12 th and 13 th centuries
Pre 1800s 300 What is Christianity?
Pre 1800s ? DAILY DOUBLE This Italian style of theatre did NOT end up using music, no matter how popular music and theatre became.
Pre 1800s ? What is comedia dell’arte?
Pre 1800s 500 The two types of opera popular in the 1700s were comic operas and this other type.
Pre 1800s 500 What are ballad operas?
1800s 100 The two most important composers of the 1800s. Their first major hit was a show called HMS Pinafore.
1800s100 Who are Gilbert and Sulivan?
1800s 200 The Mikado was heavily inspired by the West’s obsession with this Eastern country.
1800s 200 What is Japan?
1800s 300 The first purely American form of musical theatre was infamous for its unfavorable depiction of various races.
1800s 300 What are Minstrel Shows?
1800s 400 This style of musical theatre was notable for its music, dancing, and lack of clothing.
1800s 400 What is Burlesque?
1800s 500 The first multi-million dollar theatre industry. Notable for its sharp decline following the Great Depression.
1800s 500 What is Vaudeville?
Broadway’s first mega-hit in 1927, dealing with racism and heartbreak. Notable songs included “Old Man River.”
What is Showboat?
The first musical written by musical theatre super duo Rodgers & Hammerstein featuring three dimensional characters, ballet, and murder. Written in 1942.
1900s-1950s 200 What is Oklahoma?
The year 1919 was notable for being the first time that this happened, shutting down Broadway for a temporary time.
What is the Actor’s Strike?
1900s-1950s 400 Famous director/choreographer known for using dance as a story-telling device. Hit shows included On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and Gypsey.
1900s-1950s 400 Who was Jerome Robbins?
1900s-1950s 500 The composer of West Side Story. Hint: It’s not Stephen Sondheim.
1900s-1950s 500 Who was Leonard Bernstein?
The only composer mentioned alongside the likes of Gilbert & Sullivan and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Shows include Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd, Roadshow…
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
This composer wrote the most popular Broadway Show of all-time…twice! Less succesful shows include Starlight Express and Sunset Boulevard.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
This famous flop of the 70s was about a group of social outcasts living on an asteroid. It only ran for 8 performances.
What is Via Galactica?
This show from 1975 broke the mold by featuring real Broadway performers as characters. The third longest running show of all time.
What is A Chorus Line?
The musical Cats was based on a poem by this famous poet
Who was T.S. Elliott?
1990-Today 100 This large corporation reshaped the Broadway landscape enormously.
1900-Today 100 What is Disney?
1990-Today 200 The biggest, web-slinging, Broadway flop of all time.
1990-Today 200 What is Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?
1990-Today 300 This musical about two Broadway producers trying to get their show to flop won more Tony Awards than any musical ever.
1990-Today 300 What is The Producers?
1990-Today 400 A coloquial term for musicals made up of pre-existing songs.
1990-Today 400 What is a “Jukebox Musical?”
1990-Today 500 The iconic, female director of The Lion King.
1990-Today 500 Who is Julie Taymor?