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Musical Theatre
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1. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Tearly Roman empire
Nine
Cole porter
Evangeline
2. Who made in dahomey unique
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Intense training
Stephen sondheim
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
3. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'
Georges balanchine
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Pants role or trousers role
Jerome kern
4. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
War
Oklahoma
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Borrowed tunes
5. Bloody Mary is from What show
Ethel merman
South pacific
Rodgers and Hart
New comedy
6. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Took to the streets and traveled -
Cole porter
The merry widow
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
7. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production
He was the producer
Producer
Carousel
Cole porter
8. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
The new moon
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Romantic
9. G: What is BCE same as
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
BC- before christ
Oklahoma
Slapsticks
10. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
George m. cohan
Borrowed tunes
Ethel merman
11. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show
The savoy operas
Threepenny opera
Leonard Bernstein
The serenade and the fortune teller
12. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions
Leonard bernstein
Mercenary mary
Producer
Comic opera
13. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
War
Commedia dell-arte
Parodied
The marx brothers
14. Annie Oakley is from What show
Gypsy
Annie get your gun
Bernstein and Sondheim
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
15. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Rebirth
Lowering
A trip to chinatown
Comedy
16. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story
The king and I
Singin in the rain
Bernstein and Sondheim
Girl crazy
17. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show
Director
Rodgers and hammerstein
My fair lady
Mercenary mary
18. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Billy bigelow
Producer
Permissiveness and crazes
Harry tierney
19. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?
Director
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Moliere
Greeks
20. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Parodied
Librettist
Producer
21. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Oklahoma
Candide
22. Who was the choreographer for carousel
Same person
On the town
Agnes de mille
Witty dialogue
23. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
Lerner and Loewe
King Louis XIV
Choreographer
No no nanette
24. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic
Victor herbert
Producer
False it was stylized
Damn yankees
25. What was the continental
Producer
The book
East Side Story
Popular dance
26. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Cole Porter
Popular dance
Timbuktu
27. What comic duo was the show centered around
Bert williams and george walker
BC- before christ
Professional perfomers
Thespis
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29. What claim to fame does babes in arms have
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
The merry widow
Harrigan and hart
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
30. G: how did they play female roles
George m. cohan
Changing masks and costumes
Female roles
Ray bolger
31. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Can-can
Angel
Kiss me - Kate
The student prince
32. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
Ethel merman
Adonis
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
33. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Pants role or trousers role
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
He was the producer
Sally
34. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show
Guys and dolls
Ethel merman
Threepenny opera
War
35. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Bob Fosse
Harry tierney
Robin hood
The music man
36. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Choreographer
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Victor herbert
37. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer
George gershwin
Bob Fosse
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Ethel merman
38. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Ballet and modern dance
Lerner and Loewe
Catholic church
39. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
A stevedore
Stephen Sondheim
Voice type
The savoy operas
40. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece
War
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Agnes de Mille
Marilyn Miller
41. What are the three types of greek plays
He was the producer
Popular dance
Masks and costumes
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
42. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they
Meredith wilson
The Threepenny Opera
Cole porter
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
43. Who hires the creative team for a production?
No no nanette
Producer
Damn yankees
Bob Fosse
44. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
The king and i
Frank Loesser
Adonis
Tragedies
45. G: What is BCE same as
Damn yankees
Director
Comic opera
BC- before christ
46. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Gertrude lawrence
Sally
Girl crazy
Of thee i sing
47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
The belle of new york
Ethel merman
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Official beginning of western theatre
48. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
Victor herbert
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
A contrived ending
Comic opera
49. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Frank Loesser
Jule Styne
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Popular dance
50. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
George m. cohan
Victor herbert
Harry tierney
The king and I
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