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A British theatre producer who has helped bring many successful musicals to the stage. He has produced The Phantom of the Opera, Oliver!, Les Miserables, and Hamilton.

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British author and lyricist. He is best known for his work with Andrew Lloyd Webber. He has helped write Broadway musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Disney's animated film The Lion King. He was one of the few people to have won an EGOT for his work.

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British composer and writer. He was famous for writing pop music in the 1960s and for writing Broadway show, Oliver!.

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A musical written in 1994 by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. The musical is about the romantic relationship between an epileptic woman and a soldier.

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American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and director. he has worked on many productions including Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George, Passion, Falsettos, and Little Miss Sunshine. He has worked with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn. He has won Tony awards and Drama Desk awards.

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Actress and singer. She debuted on Broadway in a 1946 comedy, Loco, and was nominated for four Tony awards for her work in Bus Stop in 1956. She has performed on Broadway in Sondheim's Company and in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance.

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American composer, orchestrator, and musical theatre director. He is famous for working closely with Stephen Sondheim. He has worked with many famous musicians like Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, and Paul McCartney. He was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2009.

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An American theatre producer and lyricist. He's worked with Stephen Sondheim on musicals like Company, Sweeney Todd, and A Little Night Music. He has been awarded 21 Tonys in his career.

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An electronic instrument that is operated through a keyboard and pedals. It was introduced in the 1980s and became popular in musical theatre.

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American composer and instructor. He is famous for his electronic and serial music.

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A 1970 musical that is based on Ossie Davis' book Purlie Victorious. The plot is set in a time when Jim Crow laws were still in effect, the main character in the show is a traveling preacher who returns to his small hometown in Georgia.

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A 1967 musical that was created by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden. The musical is about a young, black woman who is pursuing a career as a singer. The plot follows her rise to stardom.

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A musical written in 1964 that was composed by Charles Strouse with lyrics by Lee Adams and a book written by Clifford Odets and William Gibson. It is based on the 1937 play where a young man from the ghetto becomes a prizefighter to bring himself out of poverty.

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A musical from 1961 about a man who is the an African tribal chief comes home from medical school and finds conflict with himself and his family traditions.

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The musical premiered on Broadway in 1947 and had 725 performances. The musical has R7B and gospel influences.

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A Portuguese-born singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was famous from the 1930s to the 1950s. She is remembered for her fruit hats she wore in films. She performed on Brazilian radio in the 1930s and was in The Streets of Paris on Broadway. She was originally famous for her work in Hello, Hello Brazil!.

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Singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. She was in the Chorus at The Cotton Club at the age of 16. She was a night-club performer before she moved to Hollywood. She was in many musicals including Cabin in the Sky. Her career as a performer stretches 70 years until her death in 2010.

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"The Undisputed First Lady of the Musical Comedy Stage". Her career was launched when she was cast in George and Ira Gershwin's Girl Crazy in 1930. She appeared in many other musicals like Gypsy, Anything Goes, and Call Me Madame. She is famous for her powerful belting mezzo-soprano voice style and for her energetic, brassy stage presence.

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A 1940 musical that looks at traditional African-American folklore. Ethel Waters, Todd Duncan, and Rex Ingram were in the original cast. Vernon Duke composed the music for the show, George Balanchine was the director, and Boris Aronson was the designer.

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A one-man show written and performed by Leland Gantt. The show looks at the man's personal journey through poverty and crime to a successful acting career.

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A concept musical that looks at the lives of the performers who work in a musical theatre chorus. Composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Edward Kleban. The original production was directed by Michael Bennett and choreographed by Bob Avian. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1975. The show won nine Tony awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the longest-running Broadway production in history with 6,137 performances before Cats in 1997.

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A 1972 musical written by Stephen Schwartz. Bob Fosse directed the original Broadway production.

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A 1971 Broadway musical written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is set in 1959 and looks at the lives of teenagers at a fictional high school. The show was originally more aggressive and profane before the 1978 film.

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Actress, singer, and comedian. She debuted on Broadway in 1954 in The Three Penny Opera. In 1966 she won a Tony award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her work in Mame as Vera Charles. She appeared on the sitcom All in the Family and won Emmy awards for her work.

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Eniglish-Irish-American actress. She is successful both as a theatre performer and a film star. She performed in musicals like Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and Mame. She portrayed Mrs. Pots in Disney's Beauty and the Beast and worked in the animated film Anastasia. She has won five Tony awards, six Golden Globes, and an Olivier awards in her lifetime as a performer.

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A Broadway musical from 1966 with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb. It is set in 1930s Berlin as the Nazi party is coming to power in Germany. The plot follows the lives of people who perform at a night-club in the city.

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A 1975 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. The musical is the retelling of the classic story of The Wizard of Oz.

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A rock-opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber that premiered on Broadway in 1970. The musical focuses on personal struggles between Judas and Jesus.

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First premiered on Broadway in 1975. The musical was composed by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb. Bob Fosse choreographed the original production. The revival of the Broadway show holds the record for the longest running musical revival.

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Broadway composer and lyricist famous for Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. He has won three Grammys, three Emmys, three Academy awards, and has been awarded the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics.

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A Broadway director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He choreographed Company, Promises, Promises, and Follies. He won a Tony award for his direction and choreography in the musical A Chorus Line.

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A musical that opened on Broadway in 1968 written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The musical was based on the 1960 film, The Apartment.

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A musical composed by Galt MacDermot with a book and lyrics by Jerome Ragni and James Rado. The musical was about the sexual revolutionary of the 1960s and caused much controversy when it premiered in 1968.

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A Broadway musical written in 1965 by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. It tells the story of the knight Don Quixote in a play within a play.

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A musical composed by Jerry Herman that premiered on Broadway in 1966 starring Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur.

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A musical comedy written in 1955 with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It won several Tony awards including Best Musical and Best Choreography.

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A musical written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh that premiered on Broadway in 1962.

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A musical written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields with a book by Neil Simon. The musical is heavily focused on dance and featured Gwen Verdon in the original Broadway production in 1966.

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American actress, dancer, and dance-instructor. Her mother put her in dance classes after she developed rickets as a child. By the time she was six, she was dancing on stage. She worked in many Broadway shows and was famous for her relationship with her second husband, Bob Fosse. She taught dance to actors like Rita Hayworth, Jane Russel, and Marilyn Monroe.

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Broadway composer and lyricist. His best known work is Hello, Dolly!, La Cage Aux Folles, and Mame. He has won two Tony awards and received the Tony award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre.

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A composer and jazz pianist who's work was famous on Broadway. He composed Broadway musicals Sweet Charity and  City of Angles.

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A historic landmark that was founded by Ted Shawn in Massachusetts. It is a dance center and an arts school. It is famous for having a festival each year that involves more than 50 dance companies and roughly 500 free performances.

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A film and theatre actress, activist, and author. She received the 40th Lifetime Achievement award for her work as a performer.

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A Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake in 1921. The musical featured actress Josephine Baker and actor Paul Robeson. The musical is considered a revolutionary piece of theatre with it's diverse cast and energetic dancing.

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A modern dance pioneer. She was married to Ted Shawn and together they helped bring new eastern styles of dance to American dancing through musical theatre.

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Revolutionary American dancer. He created a style of dance with his ex-wife, Ruth St. Denis, that was influenced by eastern dance technique. Shawn's dance style was similar to ballet but with more relaxed movement. Ted Shawn founded the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts. Shawn was also the founder and creator of Jacob's Pillow.

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Celebrated musical theatre choreographer, director, and dancer. He has a unique and distinctive dance style with signature bowler hats, jazz hands, and finger-snaps. Fosse worked closely alongside his wife, Gwen Verdon, and they worked together to shape the Fosse style that is known today. Bob Fosse choreographed many Broadway musicals including The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, and Sweet Charity. He also directed musicals Pippin and Chicago. He is also famous for his work as a director on the film Cabaret starring Liza Minelli. Bob Fosse is the only person to ever win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year.

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Broadway choreographer, dancer, actor, and theatre director. He worked in shows like Bye Bye Birdie,  Hello, Dolly!, and the remake of Show Boat.

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Known as the "Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance", he was a dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. Cole's jazz dance style is acrobatic and sharp. He famously choreographed "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe.

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Broadway choreographer, dancer, producer, and director. He worked in many different Broadway productions during his career including On the Town, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, and Gypsy.

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Composer and lyricist. Sondheim is one of the few people are considered an EGOT for being awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in his lifetime. He has also been awarded with a Pulitzer and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Oscar Hammerstein II became a mentor and father figure to Sondheim his own father left his mother and he became friends with Hammerstein's son. Sondheim produced many famous Broadway works including West Side Story, Gypsy, Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd, and A Little Night Music. Sondheim has worked along side Leonard Bernstein, Ethel Merman, Jerome Robbins, and Richard Rodgers.

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Musical written in 1960 with music by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. The show originally ran Off-Broadway for 42 years with 17,162 performances.

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She studied at the George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and debuted on Broadway in Call Me Madame in 1950. Rivera starred in other hit Broadway shows like, Guys and Dolls and Can-Can. She also played Nickie in the film adaptation of Sweet Charity. She was also in the original cast of Chicago on Broadway as Velma Kelly. Rivera won her first Tony for her work in The Rink alongside Liza Minnelli.

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Famous Broadway composer who wrote music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He won two Tony awards, a Pulitzer, and an academy award in his lifetime.

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A musical written by Alan Jay Lerner in 1960. It won four Tonys and was America's top selling long play for 60 weeks. The Kennedy's were great supports of the show.

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A composer whose work was popular on Broadway in the 1950s. His most famous work is The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

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She is known as the "first lady of musical comedy". She was immediately cast in Girl Crazy after George and Ira Gershwin heard her sing, "I Got Rhythm".

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A Broadway theatre producer who was born in St. Louis. He studied law at Washington University and Saint Louis University School of Law. In 1940 he abandoned his legal career to become a theatrical producer. He produced more than 85 Broadway shows in his lifetime.

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Stage director, playwright, and screenwriter. He produced Broadway shows like West Side Story and Gypsy.

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Famous composer and conductor that lived who composed music for Broadway in shows like, On the Town, West Side Story, and Wonderful Town. He also composed operas like Candide and Trouble in Tahiti.

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1956 musical by Frank Loesser. It is based on the play They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard.

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Musical that premiered in 1957. It was famously choreographed by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. It was Sondheim's debut on Broadway. The musical was a smash hit on Broadway. It was the first musical that featured dance and had dance numbers that advanced the plot.

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Play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1913. The show inspired the musical My Fair Lady. At the end of the play differs from the musical with Eliza marrying Freddie in the end of Pygmalion and leaving behind Henry Higgins.

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Premiered on Broadway in 1956 and was written by Frederick Loewe and Alan J. Lerner. It has been hailed by critics throughout time because of it's wit and sentiment.

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A musical by Frank Loesser that premiered in 1950. It is known as one of the best musical comedies of all time. It won a Tony Award for best musical and a Pulitzer Prize.

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American songwriter. Loesser wrote music for Broadway like in Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He won Tony Awards, a Pulitzer prize, and was even nominated for five Academy Awards for his work.

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Two books published in 1953 about the sexual behaviors of men and women. The book was written by Alfred Kinsey and others. Kinsey was a zoologist and founder of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. The books were based on interviews of more than 6,000 people. Kinsey's Report was controversial when it was published.

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An American composer and songwriter. Porter's success started in the 1920s and he made a come-back in the 1940s. His hit songs include, "Night and Day" and "I've Got You Under My Skin". Porter's musicals include Anything Goes and Kiss Me Kate.

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A musical written in 1946. It was composed by Berlin with a book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields. The musical was based on Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and Annie Oakley. It starred Ethel Merman as Annie.

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An American singer and actress who was famous in the 1920s. She was popular for performing jazz, blues, and swing music. She was the second black performer to be nominated for an Academy Award.

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Written by Irving Berlin in 1926 for the show Betsy. When the song was first performed it received roughly 28 encores.

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She was an author and the daughter of businessman, Clarence Mackay. Her aunt Alice Duer Miller had written the poem, "The White Cliffs of Dover". Her family disowned her after she married Irving Berlin in 1926, but reconciled years later. She had four children with Berlin and was married to him for 64 years until her death in 1988.

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Founded by Irving Berlin and Sam H. Harris. The theatre opened in 1921 and housed many of Berlin's works. "Of Thee I Sing" premiered in the theatre and the theatre's first play was Cradle Snatcher which featured Humphrey Bogart. The theatre still thrives today.

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She was a singer who fell in love with Irving Berlin. They were married within weeks of meeting, but she fell ill with typhoid while on their honeymoon in Cuba and died after they returned in 1912. Irving Berlin wrote songs like, "When I Lost You" in her honor after her death.

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One of the most popular song-writers in the 20th century. Named the "Dean of Music". He immigrated to New York when he was a child and worked as a newsie then later as a singing waiter. He was not an experienced pianist but he was very intuitive to music. Berlin wrote songs like, "White Christmas" and even "God Bless America". He wrote musicals like Annie Get Your Gun and Puttin' On the Ritz.

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A Polish-American actor. He co-established the Group Theatre in 1931 and created the "method" for actors. This builds off of Stanislavski's emotional memory and asks that actors use a technique called "Substitution" to immerse themselves in the character's world.

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Author of Green Grow the Lilacs, which was later made into the musical Oklahoma!. He was an openly gay man and served in in the military in 1942. In his later years he was friends with both Betty Davis and Joan Crawford

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She worked in London and then New York pursuing an acting career after a divorce from her first husband, William Thomas Meikle in 1922. She was cast in Andre Charlot's Revue with Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence. She married and had two children with Henry Jacobson in 1925. She later met Oscar Hammerstein II and fell in love on a cruise while he was writing Show Boat. The two were both unhappily married and divorced their spouses to marry in 1929. As Oscar Hammerstein's wife, she inspired much of his work and also kept the family financially stable so he could continue writing. Dorothy supported her family through the Great Depression as an interior designer. She became famous for her work and furnished homes of many celebrities.

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An American artist famous for painting social interactions in what was considered an abrasive light in his time period. His style of art is often called "magic realism". He was a gay man and his art faced a lot of criticism in his day.

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Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein in 1951. The story followed the life of Anna Leonowens as she taught English in Siam.

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Rodgers and Hammerstein's second musical success. It debuted in 1945 and was based on the novel Liliom by Ferenc Molnar. Theresa Helburn was especially particular about making Liliom into a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Carousel featured a violent and poor man as the lead of the show. The musical was unique because it showed the lead man seeking redemption in the afterlife. Carousel is also famous for it's "bench scene" and Billy's Soliloquies.

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Another Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that debuted in 1964 and brought to light a different and exciting culture as The King and I did.

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A Russian-born actor who worked on Broadway and in film. He had a sister, Vera Brynner, who was a famous singer and Broadway performer. Yul Brynner is best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut of Siam in The King and I. He carried this role for years and portrayed King Mongkut 4,625 times on stage. He was also King Mongkut in the film adaptation of The King and I. He won Tony awards and Academy Awards for his work. He is one of only 10 people to win a Tony and an Academy Award for the same role.

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Debuted in 1949 and written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. This musical looked at the lives of people during World War II living in the South Pacific islands. The musical was based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, but only focused on three chapters and a few characters. The musical highlighted social issues the same way Show Boat did. The song, "You Have to Be Carefully Taught" gave a hazardous message in it's day.

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She was a British actress famous for being Anna in the Broadway musical The King and I. She also co-starred Beatrice Lillie in Andre Charlot's Revue. She was not the most skilled singer, but she was very engaging on stage

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The wife of musical theatre composer, Richard Rodgers. From 1935-1941 she served as Founder and President of Repairs Incorporated. She was also an author and wrote My Favorite Things and The House in My Head.

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A member of the Group Theatre and close friend of Stella Adler. His methods were like that of Stanislavski, Strasberg, and Adler. He taught actors to "live truthfully under imaginary circumstances". He is famous for his repetition exercises that helped actors find truth and express behavior in their words. Meisner taught his technique at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. Meisner was so passionate about his work, he continued to teach even after he underwent a laryngectomy after complications with throat cancer.

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Her parents did not give her permission to take dance lessons until she was 14, and then only allowed her to practice 45 minutes a day. De Mille was passionate about dance, but lacked technique. She soon took up choreography after college, and began a life-long relationship with Martha Graham. She studied in London under Marie Rambert and with Antony Tudor. In 1940 De Mille choreographs a production at the American Ballet, Rodeo. Success from this show led to her work as choreographer in the original production of Oklahoma!.

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She was a member of the Group Theatre and Stanislavski and Strasberg. She is the only American ac to have studied with Stanislavski personally and she later developed her own method built off of Stanislavski and Strasberg. Adler's method emphasizes emotional recall and imagination.

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STELLA ADLER: "You are ONLY the character!"

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An organization that was established in 1918 by Lawrence Langner. It was an extension of the Washington Square Players after they were disbanded. The Guild was diverse and unique in it's day. The Guild produced work like They Knew What They Wanted, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1924.

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The administrative director for the Theatre Guild for nearly 40 years. She helped Lynn Riggs and Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborate to create Oklahoma!. She later helped Rodgers and Hammerstein create Carousel. Helburn also established the Bureau of New Plays and co-established the Theatre Guild. She even secured funds that later created the Group Theatre.

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The first musical Rodgers and Hammerstein created together. The musical was based on the novel Green Grows the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. Produced in 1943 it was different from any other show and was huge success. It was the first musical that featured a character performing a solo or soliloquy. Most shows before Oklahoma! highlighted a New York lifestyle, but Oklahoma! had a completely different setting that intrigued audiences. This show also featured the first death ever seen on stage, and popularized the Dream Ballet.

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Written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II and produced by Florence Ziegfeld in 1927. It was the first musical theatre piece that was thought provoking and dramatic. The show confronted social issues and was a smash hit for audiences.

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A theatre organization that was established in 1931 by Lee Strasberg, Harold Clurman, and Cheryl Crawford. They recruited 28 actors which included Stella Adler, Sandford Meisner, and Clifford Odets. They were dedicated to creating theatre that was a reflection of the days they were living and true to human nature. It was based on an ensemble style of acting. They produced work such as Awake and Sing! and Paradise Lost. The Group Theatre was incredibly popular and revolutionized entertainment.

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Written by Rodgers and Hart in 1940. This musical was revolutionary for theatre. The show featured the first lead character in a show that was not a hero. The show featured more realistic character than previous musical theatre pieces. Gene Kelly was the original Pal Joey before he became famous. Pal Joey was the first successful musicals that was not romantic.

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These talented composers created many revolutionary pieces of musical theatre. Together they wrote musicals like South Pacific, Oklahoma!, and The King and I. They won 34 Tony Awards together, 15 Academy Awards, 2 Grammys, and even a Pulitzer Prize.

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Together Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote musicals like Pal Joey and Babes in Arms. They met at Columbia University through mutual friends when Rodgers was 16 and Hart was 23.

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Grandson of Oscar Hammerstein I and son of theatre manager Willie Hammerstein. He was a musical theatre composer who worked with people like Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers

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His parents were Jewish immigrants. His lyrics were sometimes considered "dark" compared to other lyrics in his time. He famously worked with Richard Rodgers. Together they wrote famous songs like, "Blue Moon" and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered".

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Worked with Larry Hart to create musicals like Pal Joey. He also collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II to create Oklahoma!, South Pacific, a more.

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Interview with composer Richard Rodgers (1960)