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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show
Oh Kay
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Kiss me - kate
Ancient baghdad
2. What was a 'claquer?'
Billy bigelow
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Rodgers and hammerstein
Oh Kay
3. What is Bali H'ai from
South pacific
The desert song
Comedies
Costume designer
4. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero
Of thee i sing
Damn yankees
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
On your toes
5. F:who took over those roles
Threepenny opera
Julie Andrews
Professional perfomers
Rebirth
6. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
Set designer
Moved indoors
4th and 5th centuries bce
Pal Joey
7. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
Same person
Agnes de Mille
HMS pinafore
The puritans took control of the governmetn
8. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
Nine
Agnes de mille
Tearly Roman empire
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
9. G: in which centuries were these festivals held
Horace
4th and 5th centuries bce
Director
If i loved you
10. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?
New comedy
Lerner and Loewe
Victor herbert
BC
11. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Ballet and modern dance
A trip to chinatown
No no nanette
Angel
12. Professional spotlight was developed in the...
Comedy
Middle ages
Producer
Robin hood
13. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?
Gestures and poses
Crazy for you
The cotton blossom
Court nobility
14. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
Official beginning of western theatre
Good news
Gwen verdon
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
15. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette
Victor herbert
Ray Bolger
The romantic musicals
Julie Andrews
16. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Tragedy
The doctor of alcantara
Oh Kay
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
17. G: The chorus usually had _____ members
24
James michener
Leonard Bernstein
City dionysia
18. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
Political satire
Ethel merman
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
19. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
Rose marie
Betty comden and adolph green
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
If i loved you
20. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific
Enzio pinza
Jerome robbins
The romantic musicals
The desert song
21. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show
Bert williams and george walker
West side story
Can-can
Oklahoma
22. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'
The cotton blossom
Producer
Jerome Robbins
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
23. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...
The king and I
Agnes de mille
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Mulligan guards routines
24. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production
Director
He was the producer
Ancient baghdad
Libretto
25. Who wrote the music for show boat
John Gay
Yul Brenner
Jerome kern
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
26. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Timbuktu
Rodgers and hammerstein
Before common era
Lyricist
27. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer
Kurt Weill
Cole porter
False it was stylized
Music man
28. What show is -i got rhythm
Girl crazy
Tragedy
Bernstein and Sondheim
The desert song
29. What is another name for the book and lyrics
Guys and Dolls
Mary rodgers
Libretto
Threepenny opera
30. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea
Georges balanchine
Once upon a mattress
Julie Andrews
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
31. G: how did they play female roles
Producer
Changing masks and costumes
Timbuktu
Meredith wilson
32. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
Jule Styne
Stand by
Angel
The doctor of alcantara
33. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Intense training
Gertrude Lawrence
Music director
Mulligan guards routines
34. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon
Disappears
Agnes de Mille
Lerner and Loewe
24
35. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre
Annie get your gun
The desert song
West side story
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
36. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Nine
Mercenary mary
Guys and Dolls
Costume designer
37. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
Oklahoma
Thespis
Cleverly concoted
The puritans took control of the governmetn
38. G: How many lead actors were there?
4th and 5th centuries bce
Enzio pinza
Victor herbert
3 to 5
39. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy
George gershwin
Moliere
Satyr plays
Costume designer
40. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show
Kiss me - kate
Mimes
Cole porter
George and Ira Gershwin
41. What show is i want to be happy
No no nanette
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Flutes - lyres
Producer
42. What show is the song bewitched from
Playwright
Borrowed tunes
Pal Joey
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
43. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music
Julie Andrews
American dance music
Rex Harrison
Comic opera had music and dialogue
44. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Romantic music
Comedy
Good news
Guys and Dolls
45. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...
Popular entertainments
Mulligan guards routines
Adonis
Agnes de mille
46. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
The metropolitan opera
Producer
Cole porter
Lyricist
47. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
The king and i
Robin hood
Cole Porter
Director
48. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.
Moved indoors
John Gay
Romantic music
Rodgers and hammerstein
49. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre
Producer
Mercenary mary
Spectacle
Mercenary mary
50. What is Bali H'ai from
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
The puritans took control of the governmetn
South pacific
War