The Great White Way: Classic Broadway Stage Musicals
Instructions: Before Hollywood turned them into films, these dazzling stage musicals lit up Broadway with original casts, showstopping songs, and opening nights that changed American theater forever.
- 1.
In what year did the groundbreaking musical Oklahoma! open on Broadway?
A1940B1943C1946D1949 - 2.
Which famous songwriting partnership created both Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949)?
ARodgers and HammersteinBLerner and LoeweCKander and EbbDGilbert and Sullivan - 3.
Who played the original Anna Leonowens opposite Yul Brynner in the 1951 Broadway production of The King and I?
AMary MartinBEthel MermanCGertrude LawrenceDJulie Andrews - 4.
Who composed the music for the original 1957 Broadway production of West Side Story?
AJerome RobbinsBStephen SondheimCLeonard BernsteinDArthur Laurents - 5.
What was the name of the character Ethel Merman played in the original 1959 Broadway production of Gypsy?
AMama RoseBGypsy Rose LeeCBaby JuneDElectra - 6.
My Fair Lady (1956), based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, had its music and lyrics written by which creative team?
ARodgers and HammersteinBKander and EbbCJule Styne and Betty ComdenDLerner and Loewe - 7.
Which actor originated the role of Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady on Broadway in 1956?
ARichard BurtonBRex HarrisonCRobert PrestonDLaurence Olivier - 8.
Who composed the music for A Chorus Line, the record-setting 1975 Broadway musical?
AStephen SondheimBJerry HermanCMarvin HamlischDCy Coleman - 9.
Which songwriting team, fresh from the success of My Fair Lady, also wrote the Broadway musical Camelot (1960)?
ALerner and LoeweBRodgers and HammersteinCKander and EbbDJule Styne and Stephen Sondheim - 10.
Who created the role of matchmaker Dolly Levi in the original 1964 Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!?
ABarbra StreisandBCarol ChanningCPearl BaileyDGinger Rogers - 11.
The original Broadway production of Cabaret (1966) featured music and lyrics by which creative team?
AJule Styne and Betty ComdenBLerner and LoeweCCharles Strouse and Lee AdamsDKander and Ebb - 12.
Hair (1968) carried a famous subtitle on its original Broadway playbills. What was it?
AThe American Tribal Love-Rock MusicalBThe Age of AquariusCA Celebration of the CountercultureDThe Rock and Roll Revolution - 13.
Which choreographer and director created the electrifying dance sequences in the original Broadway production of West Side Story (1957)?
ABob FosseBJerome RobbinsCGower ChampionDAgnes de Mille - 14.
Before becoming a celebrated composer-lyricist in his own right, Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for which 1957 Broadway musical?
AGuys and DollsBCamelotCHello, Dolly!DWest Side Story - 15.
Who wrote both the music and lyrics for the original 1950 Broadway production of Guys and Dolls?
ACole PorterBIrving BerlinCFrank LoesserDHarold Arlen