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| was the famous show produced by Florez Zigfeld |
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| featured white performers in black face make-up |
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| was the original song and dance man and has a statue in Times Square |
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| was one of the most popular female performers in the early Broadway era and later had a musical written about her. |
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| was the ground breaking musical written in 1927 that was the first to feature a storyline throughout |
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| was the composer of Show Boat |
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| wrote the lyrics to Show Boat and was later part of a famous duo |
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| is a famous song from Show Boat that talks about the Mississippi |
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| was the first African American performer on Broadway |
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| one of the most famous composers in theater Broadway era with songs such as Alexander's Ragtime Band and God Bless America |
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| is the name f the union of actors that went on strike |
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| What caused the Actor's Equity Strike to end? |
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| The musicians and stage hands joined in the strike. |
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| was the most popular form of entertainment before Broadway became popular |
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| started as a piano plunker for a music publisher |
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| is the place he plunked the piano |
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| is his brother who wrote the lyrics for his songs |
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| was the biggest star of his time period and got his start in minstrel shows |
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| was Al Joleson's biggest song |
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| Shuffle along was the first musical |
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| that was made and produced by blacks, had seats reserved for blacks, and had a love song sung between two blacks |
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| was the 20's dance craze that started on Broadway |
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| is the famous columnist who coined many slang expressions, including "The Big Apple" |
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| was nicknamed Cinderella because she came from small town mid-America and made it as a star on Broadway |
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| forced big name producers and composers to move to Hollywood |
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| was the popular show that featured "The Varsity Drag" |
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| were the illegal nightclubs that flourished during Prohibition era on Broadway |
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| The first love song by African American actors occured int he show |
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| was a popular songwriting team in the 20's. One of them later partnered with another lyricist and became much more famous |
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| was one of the titles of a musical comedy that told the story of a young girl's rag to riches tale |
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| had the famous catch phrase- "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet Folks" |
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| is the opera written by George Gershwin |
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| is the most famous song from that opera |
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| is the show that featured 300 servicemen |
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| is the show that was banned by the government |
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| is the best known work by the team of Rodgers and Hart |
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| is the song that best described the horror of the Great Depression |
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| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime |
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| sang Suppertime and also popularized "Stormy Weather" |
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| is the secretary that became a famous Broadway star. Her first big song was Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" |
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| is the composer who wanted to live the extravagant lifestyle and could since he had a rich grandfather |
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| is the musical that best characterized the 1930s and was written by the playboy |
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| was the political satire musical that featured a bumbling Supreme Court and an ieptVice President named Throttlebottom |
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| was the new partner for Rodgers |
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| is the first musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein |
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| is the show by Leonard Bernstein about New York |
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| was Irving Berlin's last big hit show during this time |
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| was the second show by Rodgers and his new partner |
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| is the hit song from Annie Get Your Gun that has become the anthem for show business |
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| There's No Business Like Show Business |
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| was the famous star of Annie Get Your Gun |
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| was Cold Porter's show that used the new book format |
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| is the World Was II show by Rodgers and his new partner |
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| is the show that made Julie Andres famous |
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| are the composers of My Fair Lady |
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| is the family show that has become the most beloved show Rodger and his new parter and was the last they ever wrote |
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| is the song that dealt with race and relations in the World War II set musical by Rodgers and his new partner |
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| You've Got to be Carefully Taught |
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| is the show written by Frank Loesser that was a fable about New York gamblers |
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| hosted many Broadway performances on his television show, including one from Bye, Bye Birdie that was about being on his show |
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| was a musical that featured a wife beating, out of work carny as the lead character |
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| was the ground breaking musical based on the story of Romeo and Juliet and set in teh streets of New York City |
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| was the director and choreographer of West Side Story |
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| composed the music of West Side Story |
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| wrote the lyrics to West Side Story |
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| is the show that dealt with the breaking of old traditions |
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| are the two best known musicals by Kander and Ebb |
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| is the ground breaking musical that features the stories of Broadway's dancers |
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| conceived, directed and choreographed A Chorus Line |
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| is Stephen Sondheim's masterwork about a barber |
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| is the show by Sondheim that doesn't have a plot and shows upper and middle class life in NY |
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| is the first full length motion picture with sound |
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| was the first rock musical about the crazy lifestyles in the late 60s |
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| is the man who conceived the musical Chicago |
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| was the cheesy slogan to advertise Broadway in the late 70s |
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| are Sondheim shows other than Company and Sweeney Todd |
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| Sunday in the Park with George and West Side Story |
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| What is the role of a producer? |
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| are cerdited with restoring Times Square and 42nd Street int he 90's |
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| Eisner and the mayor Guilliani of NYC |
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| is the visionary producer that first marketed shows to the world instead of just Broadway |
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| are the two shows Cameron Macintosh produced |
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| Cats, Phantom, Sunset Blvd, Les Mes |
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| was the most prolific American musical composer in the 70s, 80s, and 90s |
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| Name three musicals by Stephen Sondheim |
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| Sunday in the Park, Merrily We Roll Along, Company, Sweeney Todd |
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| is the show that featured the first love song between two men and won the Tony for best show |
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| is the composer that took a shot at another composer during his acceptance speech |
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| was one of the most prolific writers of shows in the 70s, 80s, and 90s and was from England |
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| Name three musicals written by Andrew Lloyd Weber |
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| Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom |
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| is the cartoonist that became famous for chronicling the past 70 years of Broadway history. |
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| was the estimated cost of Wicked |
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| broke the record held by A Chorus Line for longest running show on Broadway |
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| is the show that currently holds the record as longest running show in Broadway |
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| wrote the music for Wicked |
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| is the producer for whom producing a Broadway show is his poker game. He produced 42nd street |
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| is the award given for excellence on the Broadway stage |
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