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All about Broadway music!
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How is the music in broadways musicals used?
To convey a message or help a plot
All of the above
To entertain
To make the story more interesting
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What was the longest running broadway musical and how many times did it preform?
Chicago 14,563
Cats, 8,949 times
Phantom of the Opera, 11,949 times
The lion king, 13,675 times
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What is the music like now?
It is all classical
It is just hip hop
It is all pop music
It is very diverse and includes almost every style of music.
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When were translations of operettas popular?
1930's
1870's
Late 1800's
Early 1900's
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Cole Porter....
he started writing songs at age 10
Around 900 songs are credited as his
Has wrote for 24 musicals
Was born in Peru ( Indiana )
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What broadway musical has been nominated for 16 tony awards and won 8.
Oklahoma!
Cats
Hamilton
The lion King
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What is the highest grossing musical today?
Cats
Rent
Hamilton
The lion King
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How many broadway theaters are there in the theater district?
41
27
54
32
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Leonard Bernstein....
Has had 4 tony award nominations
Wrote music for 6 musicals
Died Oct. 14 1990
Wrote music for West side story
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What is a tony award?
An award for popular tv shows
A award given to restaurants
An award given to broadway performances
An award for movies performed with actors named tony
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When was the golden age of broadway musicals?
1960-1979
1889-1910
1943-1959
1920-1932
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Stephen Sondheim....
Has written for 16 musicals
Has had 13 tony award nominations
There is a musical written about him
He had 5 pets
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how did the great depression impact broadway?
Composers stopped writing for broadway
Theaters had to close
Crime was increased so people stopped going to the theatre
They did free preformances
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Who wrote The Phantom of the Opera music?
Richard Rodgers
George S. Kaufmen
Oscar Hammerstien ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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When was the first broadway musical run?
1789
1934
1857
1840
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When did theatre really become popular?
1800
1750
1760
1780
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Where does the orchestra usually sit during the performance?
In the back of the theatre
Behind stage
In a pit
On stage
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What was the first broadway musical?
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the roof
Chicago
Elves
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What is an "I want song"
A song the Villain sings in almost every musical
A song used to make people want something
a song used for comic relief
A song that the main character sings in almost every musical
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The lights on broadway theatres caused them to get what name?
Bright Broadway
Rode to success
The city of lights
The white Way
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Lin-Manuel Miranda...
Has written music for 5 musicals
Was primary song writer for Moana
Has worked on 10 musicals
Wrote Hamilton
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George Gershwin....
He died in 1937 at the peak of his career
Has written for 18 broadway musicals
He came from a Russian family who was not really into Music
he died from a heart attack
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How many broadway theaters are actually on broadway street?
1
25
All of them
4
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What musical has sold 1.285 million copies of their album. That Premiered in 2015?
Hamilton
Rent
The lion king
Cats
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One of the oldest surviving theaters
Gershwin Theatre
St. James Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre
