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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What is a 'pasticcio' score






2. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






3. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






4. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






5. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






6. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






7. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






8. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






9. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






10. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






11. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






12. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






13. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






14. What instruments accompanied the dancing






15. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






16. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






17. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






18. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






19. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






20. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






21. Who was the choreographer for carousel






22. Laurie is from What show






23. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






24. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






25. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






26. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






27. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






28. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






29. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






30. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






31. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






32. F:who took over those roles






33. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






34. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






35. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






36. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






37. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






38. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






39. Who stages the dances?






40. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






41. 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






42. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






43. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina






44. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






45. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....






46. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






47. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






48. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






49. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






50. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show