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Musicals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Andrew Lloyd Weber -based on 1939 poetry collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. | Cats |
| Rock Musical - Jonathan Larson - based on Puccini's La Boheme, impoverished young artists in Manhattan - HIV/AIDS | Rent |
| Drama film staring Julie Andrews, 1959 Stage Musical, Composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Nazis (Herr Zeller, Rolf) vs Austrian Loyalists (von Trapps, Baron Elberfield). "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | The Sound of Music |
| Lives in sewers under Paris Opera House, Love with chorus singer Christine, privately tutors her while terrorizing the opera house. | The Phantom of the Opera |
| Stephen Schwartz, The Wizard and Madame Morrible, talking animals stripped of right to talk, Elphaba, Glinda, Doctor Dillamond | Wicked |
| Based on Romeo and Juliet, Upper West Side gang battle, Jets - lead by Riff and Sharks - lead by Bernardo | West Side Story |
| Lin Manuel Miranda, 2004 biography by historian Ron Chernow, hip hop musical, young revolutionaries John Laurens, Lafayette and Hercules Mulligan | Hamilton |
| Satirical musical, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park), Missionaries (Elder Price and Elder Cunningham), Ugandan Villagers (Mafala Hatimbi), Generals Army | The Book of Mormon |
| Jukebox musical, british playwright Catherine Johnson, based on ABBA songs, Donna and the Dynamos (Donna, Tanya and Rosie), The Three Fathers (Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin and Harry Bright - Donna's ex lovers), Sophies bridesmaids | Mamma Mia |
| Jazz musical, Kender and Ebb, 1926 play by reporter Maurine Watkins about criminals and crimes she reported, The Merry Murderesses (Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly, Mama Morton), The Press ("sob sister" Mary Sunshine), The Legal Team (Billy Flynn) | Chicago |
| First musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, "range war", The Cowmen (Curly Mclain and Will Parker), The Farmers (Aunt Eller,Laurey Williams, Andrew Carnes), Outcast Jud Fry, Box Social | Oklahoma |
| Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905, Jewish Community of Anatevka (Tevye, Matchmaker Yente, the Rabbi), Tevye's Daughters (Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava) want to choose their husbands, threat of the pogroms | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1964 musical, based on Thornton Wilder’s 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. Set in 1880s, Wealthy "Upper Crust" Horace Vandergelder, Cornelius Hackl, Barnaby Tucker. Matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi. | Hello Dolly |
| Based on Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, adapted from Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1962 Baltimore, segregation, Council members Velma Von Tussle, "The Corny Collins Show", Tracy Turnblad, North Ave Crew - Motormouth Maybelle | Hairspray |
| Frank Loesser, based on “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” and “Blood Pressure”, two short stories by Damon Runyon, The Gamblers (Nathan Detroit, Sky Masterson), Save-a-Soul Mission (Sarah Brown, Arvide Abernathy), Hot Box Girls (Miss Adelaide) | Guys and Dolls |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein Big 5 | Oklahoma, Sound of Music, South Pacific, The King and I, Carousel |
| 19th century france, Students ABC Cafe (Enjolras), Underworld (Thenardiers), The Law (Inspector Javert). Ultimate Epic about Law and Revolution. | Les Miserables |
| "connected yet lonely" generation, Outcasts (Evan, Alana and Jared), single mother Heidi, Murphy family grieving loss of son Connor, mental health, "You Will Be Found" | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Folk opera blends Greek mythology with Depression era, parallel tragic love stories. The Workers ("faceless" laborers), The Gods (Hades and Persephone - turbulent marriage is changing of the seasons), The Dreamers (Orpheus and Eurydice). "Wait for me" | Hadestown |
| 19th century Germany, modern rock score, coming of age, The Youth (Melchior, Wendla, Moritz), The Adults (two actors represent every authority figure, parents, teachers, preists - "correct" society), rebellion of the "Totally F**ed" generation | Spring Awakening |
| Set in Atlanta, Jewish Outsiders (Leo Frank and Lucille - seen as "Yankees"), Old South Georgians (Hugh Dorsey, Tom Watson), Black Community (Jim Conley), power of the press to incite a mob | Parade |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein, set in 1860s, ultimate culture shock East vs West, Royal Court of Siam (ancient traditions), The Westerners (Anna Leonowens and Louis, Victorian values), Women of the Palace (Lady Thiang), "Getting to Know You" | The King and I |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tropical Island in WW2, US Military (Seebees, Marines and Nurses - Nellie Forbush), The Expats (Emile de Becque), The Island Locals (Bloody Mary and daughter Liat), "You've Got to be Carefully Taught" | South Pacific |
| Jazz Influence to broadway, Porgy and Bess, An American in Paris | George and Ira Gershwin (Golden Age, pre 1965) |
| Romantic spectacles, My Fair Lady, Camelot | Lerner & Loewe (Golden Age, pre 1965) |
| Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed at Business without really trying | Frank Loesser (Golden Age, pre 1965) |
| Greatest Composer-Lyricist in history, Sweeny Todd, Into the Woods, Company | Stephen Sondheim (Modern Revolutionaries, 1960s-1990s) |
| Dark, stylish, Chicago and Cabaret | Kander & Ebb (Modern Revolutionaries, 1960s-1990s) |
| King of the Showstopper, Hello Dolly, La Cage aux Folles | Jerry Herman (Modern Revolutionaries, 1960s-1990s) |
| Godspell, Pippin, Wicked | Stephen Schwartz (Modern Revolutionaries, 1960s-1990s) |
| Responsible for the Disney Renaissance, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid | Alan Menken (Modern Revolutionaries, 1960s-1990s) |
| Hamilton, In the Heights | Lin Manuel Miranda (Contemporary) |
| Prolific modern composer of Fun Home, Caroline or Change, Shrek the Musical | Jeanine Tesori (Contemporary) |
| Piano driven scores, The Last Five Years, Parade | Jason Robert Brown (Contemporary) |
| Dear Evan Hansen and The Greatest Showman | Pasek & Paul (Contemporary) |
| "Memory" - most famous power ballad ever written for stage, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Cats |
| "Dont Cry for me Argentina" - Andrew Lloyd Weber | Evita |
| "Defying Gravity" - Stephen Schwartz | Wicked |
| "All that Jazz" | Chicago |
| "Tomorrow" | Annie |
| "I Dreamed a Dream" | Les Miserables |
| Most commercially successful composer in history, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Andrew Lloyd Weber |
| Andrew Lloyd Weber, "bio-musical", Eva Peron - first lady of Argentina, The Aristocracy hate her common background, The Military (Juan Peron), The Descamisados ("shirtless ones") worship Eva as a saint, narrated by outsider Che, questioning Eva | Evita |
| Rock Opera, final week of Jesus' life, fractured relationship between Jesus and Judas, The Apostles, The High Preists (Caiaphas and Annas), The Roman Authorities (Pontius Pilate, King Herod), Protagonist/Antagonist Judas Iscariot | Jesus Christ Superstar |
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