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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






2. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy






3. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






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






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






6. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






7. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






8. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






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

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10. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






11. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






12. Who was the choreographer for carousel






13. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






15. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






16. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






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






18. What show is 'broadway melody' from






19. What character are in anything goes






20. Bloody Mary is from What show






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






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






23. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






24. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






25. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






26. Who picks the actors?






27. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






28. What show is -the continental






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






30. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






31. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






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






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






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






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






36. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






37. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?






38. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






39. What characters are in show boat

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40. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






41. What was Oh Kays most famous song






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






43. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






44. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






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






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






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






48. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






49. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






50. Annie Oakley is from What show







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