The American Broadway musical dates back to Multiple Choice 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. the staging of Bob Cole's 1898 A Trip to Coontown, which mixed elements of African-American dance with European musical traditions. the late nineteenth century, when British musicals, such as Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, gained popularity in America. 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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Phillip Colon

27 February, 02:18

The American Broadway musical dates back to Multiple Choice 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. the staging of Bob Cole's 1898 A Trip to Coontown, which mixed elements of African-American dance with European musical traditions. the late nineteenth century, when British musicals, such as Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, gained popularity in America. 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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Hannah Simpson · Answer 1

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.

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The Black Crook has been widely recognized by many writers as the first piece of performance that nowadays we conceive as musical. It was first shown in New York city on September 12, 1866 and had 474 performances which was something really surprising.