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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. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Carmen jones
Gypsy
Burlesqued
Evangeline
2. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
The Threepenny opera
If i loved you
The book
Irving Berlin
3. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
Same person
Fly loft
Official beginning of western theatre
Victor herbert
4. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Costume designer
Romantic music
Gypsy
Cole Porter
5. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific
Comedies
None all men
Mary martin
Gwen verdon
6. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
False it was stylized
Victor herbert
Cleverly concoted
7. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Public enemy no. 13
West side story
Ray Bolger
8. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
George m. cohan
The Sound of Music
Conductor
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
9. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
Betty comden and adolph green
Rex Harrison
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Richard rodgers
10. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Michael Kidd
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Crazy for you
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
11. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Mercenary mary
Carmen jones
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Michael Kidd
12. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre
No
Spectacle
Marilyn Miller
BC- before christ
13. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Irene
Angel
Mimes
Conductor
14. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?
Director
Deus ex machina
Kiss me - Kate
BC- before christ
15. Billy Bigelow is form What show
Aristotle
False it was stylized
State
Carousel
16. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show
Patriotic
24
Georges balanchine
The king and i
17. What is Bali H'ai from
West side story
Director
Ethel merman
South pacific
18. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Robin hood
Catholic church
Costume designer
Meredith wilson
19. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?
HMS pinafore
Ancient baghdad
Ballet and modern dance
Burlesqued
20. G: Who paid the salaries of actors
Orchestration
Oklahoma
State
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
21. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
John Hollingshead
Can-can
George m. cohan
4th and 5th centuries bce
22. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
Moliere
Ethel merman
Popular entertainments
Moved indoors
23. Billy Bigelow is form What show
No
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Carousel
Playwright
24. 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
The doctor of alcantara
Oh Kay
The merry widow
Kiss me - kate
25. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
The doctor of alcantara
Gene kelly
Jerome kern
Oklahoma
26. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
South pacific
Mimes
Can-can
On your toes and babes in arms
27. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
Nine
Meredith wilson
Official beginning of western theatre
Robin hood
28. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave
Voice type
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
On your toes
The romantic musicals
29. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I
Gertrude Lawrence
Meredith wilson
Guys and dolls
Director
30. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Romantic music
Oklahoma
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The merry widow
31. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Singin in the rain
Changing masks and costumes
A trip to chinatown
Mary Martin
32. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular
American dance music
Fly loft
No no nanette
Meredith wilson
33. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'
Girl crazy
George and ira gershwin
Director
Deus ex machina
34. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...
A stevedore
Carmen jones
Rodgers and hammerstein
South pacific
35. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
BC- before christ
Jerome Robbins
Good news
East Side Story
36. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
Ray bolger
Popular entertainments
The desert song
Director
37. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Rodgers and Hart
Swing
Pageant wagons and mansions
Thespis
38. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
Damn yankees
My Fair Lady
The student prince
Plato
39. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII
Rodgers and hammerstein
South pacific
Official beginning of western theatre
Kismet
40. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
James michener
Lyricist
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
George gershwin
41. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Angel
Romantic music
The mikado
Tearly Roman empire
42. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers
The Sound of Music
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Tragedies
Playwright
43. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
Director
Jerome Robbins
Gypsy
The music man
44. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Public enemy no. 13
American politics
The Sound of Music
45. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
Oh Kay
Music director
Lerner and Loewe
Changing masks and costumes
46. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
Entertainments
The romantic musicals
Damn yankees
Crazy for You
47. What was the setting for Kismet
Betty comden and adolph green
New comedy
Burlesqued
Ancient baghdad
48. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
Yul Brenner
Nine
Timbuktu
Irving Berlin
49. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece
My Fair Lady
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Meredith wilson
Set designer
50. Who composed the music for Irene
Brigadoon
Flutes - lyres
Annie get your gun
Harry tierney