The American Broadway Musical Dates Back to

question 29

Multiple Choice

The American Broadway musical dates back to

• A)the staging of The Black Crook,a melodrama,at Niblo's Garden in New York City in 1866 when a French dance company stranded in the city was added to the show.
• B)the staging of Bob Cole's 1898 A Trip to Coontown,which mixed elements of African American dance with European musical traditions.
• C)the late nineteenth century,when British musicals,such as Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance,gained popularity in America.
• D)1905,when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,adapted for the stage,was performed in New Orleans in a production that featured improvisations by the actors.

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