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Name that Broadway Tune
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Name that Broadway Tune
Instructions This program will have clues about musicals and highlight a famous song from each Broadway performance.
❏ The 1st slide will describe a famous Broadway musical.
❏ The 2nd slide will highlight an iconic song from that musical.
❏ This musical opened in 1964 and ran for over 3,000 performances.
❏ It is about a father trying to find the perfect man for each of his daughters to marry while trying to uphold his Jewish traditions and culture.
❏ His daughters are making this task difficult as they want to marry for love.
❏ This musical arrived to Broadway in 1964.
❏ The musical is about a woman who is a “matchmaker”. She travels to New York to try to find a match for a well-known millionaire.
❏ Carol Channing played the lead role.
❏ It won 10 Tony Awards.
❏ This Broadway musical opened in 1944.
❏ It is about 3 sailors that arrive in New York City for some shore time during the war.
❏ The soldiers meet women pretty quickly after arriving to the big city.
❏ It had a revival in 1971 with Bernadette Peters in the lead actress role.
❏ This Broadway Musical was produced in 1956.
❏ It starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews.
❏ This musical was referred to as “The Perfect Musical”.
❏ Eliza Doolittle gets speech lessons from Professor Higgins who makes a wager that he can turn Eliza into the perfect lady.
❏ This musical opened on Broadway in 1959.
❏ It was based on the story of “The Von Trapp Family Singers”.
❏ The Broadway Musical starred Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel.
❏ It won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
❏ This musical was based on the book by P.L.Travers and the 1964 Disney movie.
❏ It arrived on Broadway in 2006.❏ This musical starred Ashley Brown,
and Gavin Lee in the lead roles of Mary and Bert.
❏ It takes place in London during the “Edwardian Era”.
❏ This story is centered around a nanny who comes to help the family who lives on Cherry Lane.
❏ This musical was on Broadway in 1957.❏ The plot of this story is centered around
Harold Hill, the man who comes to town and sells musical instruments with the promise to organize a boy’s band. Harold has no intention to keep his promise; he intends to leave town without giving the lessons. The plan becomes in jeopardy when Harold begins to fall in love with the town’s librarian and music teacher.
❏ This musical won 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. It prompted several revivals of the musical and a movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(musical)
This “Jukebox Musical” is centered around the songs by the group ABBA. It had a 14 year run on Broadway making a mark in the charts as the 9th longest running musical as well as being the longest running “Jukebox Musical”.
❏ This musical is based on the Disney film and music of Elton John.
❏ It currently is identified as the top producing Broadway musical of all time.
❏ It first appeared on Broadway in 1997.
❏ With over 9,000 performances and over 1 billion dollars in earnings, it marks its place in history as the longest running and the most earned money for a musical.
❏ It has been seen by over 100 million people across the world.
Resources
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Town_(musical)● tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady#Original_Broadway_production● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamma_Mia!● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(musical)● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King_(musical)\● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ad_I
