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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who made in dahomey unique






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






3. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






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






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






6. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






7. G: What does BCE mean?






8. Who is the composer of the music man






9. Mama rose is from What show






10. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






11. What show is the song bewitched from






12. What was the original name of West Side Story






13. Who is the star of Sally






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






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






16. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?






17. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






18. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






19. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






20. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






21. Mama rose is from What show






22. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






23. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.






24. Who is the composer of Candide






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






26. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






27. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what






28. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






29. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






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






31. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






32. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






33. Who writes the words to the songs?






34. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






35. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man






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






37. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






38. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






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






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






41. Who is the composer of the King and I






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






43. Who composed the music for Irene






44. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






45. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






46. What was the continental






47. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






48. 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






49. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe






50. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.