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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






2. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






3. G: Male actors played...






4. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






5. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






6. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






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






8. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






9. What characters are in show boat

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






11. Who wrote the music for show boat






12. What are the three types of greek plays






13. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz






14. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






15. G: What is BCE same as






16. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






17. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






18. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






20. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today






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






22. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






23. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






24. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






25. Who is the star of sweet charity






26. What comic duo was the show centered around






27. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






28. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






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






31. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






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






33. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






34. Billy Bigelow is form What show






35. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






36. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






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






38. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






39. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show






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






41. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






42. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show






43. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






44. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






45. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






46. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






48. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






49. Who stages the dances?






50. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein