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Broadway:The American Musical by PBS- Review for disc 1 and 2
Broadway:The American Musical by PBS- Review for disc 1 and 2
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Review for disc 1 and 2! #broadwaytheamericanmusical #pbs
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1
Fanny Brice was most famous for her....
Serious Acting
Comedy
Beauty
Dancing
2
For whom did Ziegfeld purchase the rights of "Yiddle on Your Fiddle"?
Fanny Brice
Ber Williams
Marilynn Miller
Al Jolson
3
Who was the star of the first talkie, "The Jazz Singer"?
Florenz Ziegfeld
Al Jolson
Ira Gershwin
Irving Berlin
4
Which shows had very elaborate costumes?
Speak Easies
Magic Shows
Vaudeville
Ziegfeld Follies
5
Who made "Swanee" so famous?
Al Jolson
Bert Williams
Fanny Brice
Irving Berlin
6
Who is this actress?
Marilyn Miller
Fanny Brice
Barbra Streisand
Julie Andrews
7
What mode of transportation suddenly opened up Broadway to a larger population of people?
Subway
Pogo Stick
Uni cycle
Bus
8
Irving Berlin was the first to incorporate this style of music into musicals.
Charleston
Ragtime
Broadway
Patriotic
9
Clubs that served liquor and played jazz music during Prohibition were called...
Ragtime Houses
Ziegfeld Follies
Speak Easies
Minstrel Shows
10
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
No new musicals opened
Communist invasion of America
Labor unions around the country went on strike
Hottest summer on record
11
The stock market crash and what other contributing factor started the decline of Broadway shows
Talkies
The subway
gas prices
Poor script writing
12
Who wrote "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Give My Regards to Broadway"?
George M Cohan
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
Bert Williams
13
The slang "TURKEY" means
A show that is about Thanksgiving
A failure or a flop
A show with a lot of dance numbers
A huge success
14
Whose statue is this, located in Times Square?
Irving Berlin
George M. Cohan
George Gershwin
Florenz Ziegfeld
15
Who is the hostess of this DVD series?
Julie Andrews
Julie Williams
Julia Goolia
Julie Cohan
16
Which actor refused to strike?
Al Jolson
Bert Williams
Ira Gershwin
George M Cohan
17
Which was NOT a result of the actors strike?
Paid performances
Rides home after out of town shows
Paid rehearsals
No longer had to pay for costumes
18
What was the favorite new topic of talkies?
Colorado
Orlando
New York City
Stock Market Crash
19
Who became the producer of
Showboat
calling it the "opportunity of a lifetime"?
Gershwin
Ziegfeld
Kerns
Cohan
20
True or false-Ziegfeld fired Bert Williams when others refused to work with him.
True
False
21
Walter Winchell gave NYC this nickname that is still used today.
Big Apple
Broadway
America's City
The Great White Way
22
What is Actor's Equity?
Actor's Performance Troupe
Actor's Union
Actor's Transportation Group
Actor's Costumer
23
What show was the FIRST to combine dancing, singing and comedy on a large scale?
Showboat
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ziegfeld Follies
Jazz Singer
24
The famous dance craze that originated in the musical
Runnin' Wild
was called
Electric Slide
Ragtime
Charleston
Varsity Drag
25
Who is this actor?
George White
Bert Williams
Al Jolson
Walter Winchell
26
Who was George Gershwin's partner when he wrote the music for
Lady Be Good
His father, William
His sister, Lucinda
His brother, Ira
His mailman, Lucas
27
Shuffle Along
was a jazz musical that showed something that had never been shown before...
Ragtime
All of the above
The Charleston
Romance between African Americans
28
At which theatre did the Ziegfeld Follies open and call home?
Winter Garden Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
Gershwin Theatre
Music Box Theatre
29
"The Jazz Singer" was a
Musical on 43rd Street
All of the above
Talkie
Vaudeville Show
30
What was the first musical known as a book musical?
Pretty Lady
Shuffle Along
Showboat
Manhattan
31
What was the name of the variety show that was in the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street?
Ziegfeld Review
Ziegfeld Minstrel Show
Ziegfeld's Vaudville Review
Ziegfeld Follies
32
Where did performers and writers go after the stock market crash?
Colorado
Hollywood
Chicago
Orlando
33
What song was Bert Williams best known for?
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Nobody
Old Man River
Swanee
34
Which of the following allowed classes to mingle?
Ziegfeld Follies
Talkies
Speak Easies
Actors' Strike
35
What was George Gershwin's most successful song?
Fascinating Rhythm
Someone to Watch Over Me
Rhapsody in Blue
Swanee
36
Times Square was originally called.....
Longacre Square
Ellis Island
Times Place
Ellis Square
37
A vaudeville show was
A show with all dance
A show only for children
A variety show
A show only for women
38
This woman was a key actress in the jazz age of musicals.
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Monroe
Marilynn Mainview
Marilynn Miller
39
A place where you go could go to hear songs played before you bought them was called....
Ziegfeld Follies
Tin Pan Alley
Equity Alley
Alley Cat Lane
40
What was the title of Rodgers and Hart's break through song?
Manhattan
Shuffle Along
Charleston
Fascinating Rhythm
