| Question | Answer |
| What is the earliest form of musical entertainment in the U.S.? | Minstrel Shows
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Where did the first popular music come from? | Minstrel Shows
| What did they do in Minstrel Shows that would be socially unacceptable today? | Black face and act in a stereotypically black way
| What form of entertainment was made for the people by the people? Why was it "for the people?" | Vaudeville. Tickets were cheap and the entertainment helped divert people from rough life. Also, the jokes were made for the different cultural groups in the city.
| What type of show was Vaudeville? | A variety show
| This form of entertainment was rich and elaborate and featured beautiful women wearing magnificent costumes? | Ziegfeld Follies
| Where did the Ziegfeld Follies open their theater? | Broadway in NYC.
| What was the first "real" musical on Broadway? What made it different from other shows staged on Broadway? | Show Boat. The storyline was more important than the music.
| What sets the musical "Oklahoma!" apart from the other musicals that preceded it? | It explored relationships between the characters and used dancing to tell the story.
| List three musicals created by Rogers and Hammerstein II | Refer to notes and make sure they got the correct answer
| List three musicals created by Stephen Sondheim | Refer to notes and make sure they got the correct answer
| List three musicals created by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Refer to notes to make sure they answered correctly
| What two musicals are Schonberg and Boublil famous for? | Les Miserables and Miss Saigon
| List four musicals that Disney has brought to Broadway | Refer to notes to make sure they answered correctly
| Which theater did Disney purchase and restore? Who used to perform in this theater? | New Amsterdam Theater, Ziegfeld Follies
| What are two reasons why musical theater exists | Entertainment - an escape from every day life and a way of communicating societal issues |
