A few of the words
- CAROUSEL
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel opened on Broadway in April 1945 and is widely considered one of the most emotionally daring musicals of the golden era.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- OKLAHOMA
- Oklahoma! (1943) was the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and its integrated blend of song, dance, and story set a new standard for the form.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- OVERTURE
- Before a single performer stepped into the light, the overture did the work — weaving the show's best melodies together and signaling to the audience that something wonderful was about to begin.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- REPRISE
- A reprise brings an earlier song back at a turning point in the story, and in the hands of a great composer it hits twice as hard the second time around.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Music & Film
The golden age of Broadway ran from the 1940s through the 1960s, when composers like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, and Leonard Bernstein shaped the American musical into something all its own. A great show was a world entire — rich orchestrations filling the house, chorus lines in full swing, and a ballad so well-placed it stopped your heart. Those melodies have never really left; hum eight bars of almost any of them and a whole evening comes flooding back.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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