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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






2. Ertha Kitta and Melba Morre in this Black variation of KIsmet






3. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






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






5. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






6. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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






8. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






9. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






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






11. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






12. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






13. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






14. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






15. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






16. Laurie is from What show






17. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






18. What show is the song bewitched from






19. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...

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20. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






21. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






22. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






23. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






24. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






25. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality

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27. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






28. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






29. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






30. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






31. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'






32. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






33. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






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






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






36. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






37. Who wrote the music for show boat






38. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






39. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






40. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






41. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






42. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






43. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






44. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






45. What show is 'broadway melody' from






46. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






47. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






48. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






49. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






50. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew