Exam 1

Question 1

Harrigan and Hart Shows

Answer 1

“Knockdown & Slap-bang farces” about the Irish enclave in New York in 1878

Question 2

Joe Weber and Kaw Fields

Answer 2

Immigrants who played “Mike & Meyer”; Champions of Burlesque comedy; Opened their own music hall in 1896

Question 3

Sally Rand and Gypsy Rose Lee

Answer 3

Burlesque Stars; Sally (fan dancing), Lee (film star)

Question 4

George Gershwin (pieces, known for)

Answer 4

1920s concert pianist; Brings a mix of jazz and classical into Broadway, does own orchestration; Starts as a show-plugger in Tin Pan Alley (Pieces: Rhapsody in Blue, Lady Be Good, Porgy, Of the I Sing), dies at 38 from a brain tumor

Question 5

Ira Gershwin (style, known for)

Answer 5

Wrote slangy/hip/clever lyrics; Would make up dummy lyrics to remember the tunes of songs; Couldn’t read sheet music (Arthur Francis)

Question 6

George M. Cohan (style)

Answer 6

“First famous song-and-dance man”; Self-taught on Broadway, Only Broadway performer to have a statue in NYC, Appeals to common people, Simple language construction/Yankee Characters/Tap Dance

Question 7

George M. Cohan (songs, show)

Answer 7

Songs: Give My Regards to Broadway, Grand Ole Flag, Yankee Doodle Dandy Show: Little Johnny Jones

Question 8

Gilbert and Sullivan

Answer 8

Create Comic Operettas

Question 9

Victor Herbert (2)

Answer 9

Immigrant from Dublin who goes on to compose over 40 singing operettas on Broadway (Babes in Toyland, some of Follies)

Question 10

Dubose Howard

Answer 10

Teams up with George Gershwin to make Porgy into an American folk opera in 1935

Question 11

Bert Williams

Answer 11

Teams up with George Walker to perform a blackface double act until Walker becomes ill; Is recruited by Ziegfeld for Follies; Refused to tour in the South or onstage with a white woman

Question 12

Florenz Ziegfeld

Answer 12

Made a legend by Anna Held; Known for Follies, ShowBoat, Glorifying the American girls, Creating revues, Creating the concept of a crossover artist, Eventually marries Billie Burke

Question 13

Rodgers and Hart: Richard Rodgers

Answer 13

Brilliant, intelligent, classically trained (music)

Question 14

Rodgers and Hart: Larry Hart

Answer 14

Brilliant, but also an alcoholic who struggled with his homosexuality (lyrics)

Question 15

Rodgers and Hart (5)

Answer 15

Music pulls back to allow space for biting, cynical, slangy lyrics; Use of list songs (Shows: On Your Toes 36, Babes in Arms 37, I’d Rather be Right 37, Boys from Syracuse 38, Pal Joey 40)

Question 16

Of The I Sing

Answer 16

George Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind with collaboration from the Gershwin Brothers; First musical to win a Pulitzer prize

Question 17

Porgy & Bess

Answer 17

George Gershwin and Dubose Howard; Gershwin makes the mistake of running it at the theatre guild (Song: It Ain’t Necessarily So)

Question 18

Hypothetical Love Song (examples)

Answer 18

“Make Believe” from Showboat, “People will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma, “If I loved you” from Carousel

Question 19

Reprise (examples)

Answer 19

“You are Love” and “Old Man River” from Showboat, Gypsy

Question 20

Jukebox Musical (examples)

Answer 20

Crazy for You (with Gershwin Songs), Mama Mia

Question 21

Self-Referential (or Meta) Theatre (examples)

Answer 21

Show Boat, Kiss me Kate, Gypsy, Urinetown

Question 22

Atypical Love Song (examples)

Answer 22

“I wish I were in Love Again” Babes in Arms

Question 23

Princess Theatre

Answer 23

1915-1919 theatre with limited seats; Small shows with no chorus; Shows with intimate focused stories performed here

Question 24

Burlesque

Answer 24

Cabaret style variety shows with a playful and edgy tone

Question 25

Vaudeville

Answer 25

Low-brow comedy that parodies the high-brow; Featured family-suitable material