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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music
Cole porter
Julie Andrews
Playwright
Political satire
2. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
He died in 1937
Leonard bernstein
The savoy operas
3. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
The merry widow
Spectacle
Ancient baghdad
Babes in arms
4. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?
Satyr plays
Timbuktu
Comedy
Playwright
5. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
George m. cohan
New comedy
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
George m. cohan
6. Professional spotlight was developed in the...
Billy bigelow
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
BC
Middle ages
7. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions
Babes in arms
Michael Kidd
Comic opera
South pacific
8. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
War
False it was stylized
Guys and Dolls
Irene
9. What are the three types of greek plays
Parodied
Gene kelly
Cole porter
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
10. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
Kurt Weill
South pacific
Timbuktu
No no nanette
11. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
The king and i
Anything goes
The new moon
Cleverly concoted
12. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
On the town
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Tragedies
13. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Conductor
I got rhythm
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Mercenary mary
14. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady
Julie Andrews
My Fair Lady
Borrowed tunes
George gershwin
15. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man
My Fair Lady
Pants role or trousers role
Playwright
State
16. Who is the star of sweet charity
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Bert williams and george walker
Court nobility
Gwen verdon
17. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Middle ages
Moved indoors
Meredith wilson
18. Greek: 534 BCE
Official beginning of western theatre
Jerome robbins
Stephen sondheim
Mama rose
19. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Spectacle
Stephen sondheim
The new moon
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
20. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
Horace
South pacific
State
No
21. Mama rose is from What show
Annie get your gun
Babes in arms
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Gypsy
22. What character are in anything goes
George m. cohan
West side story
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
The metropolitan opera
23. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
The romantic musicals
Julie Andrews
Same person
Threepenny opera
24. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Radio city music hall
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Changing masks and costumes
Adonis
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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26. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'
He was the producer
A contrived ending
Harrigan and hart
Gwen verdon
27. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Mary rodgers
Michael Kidd
The new moon
Oscar hammerstein II
28. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Restoration
George m. cohan
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
29. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?
Mimes
Director
Richard d'oyly carte
Betty comden and adolph green
30. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)
Ray bolger
Tragedy
Eliza Doolittle
Gertrude Lawrence
31. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Tragedies
Kiss me - kate
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Stand by
32. What is Bali H'ai from
BC
South pacific
Enzio pinza
A stevedore
33. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
The merry widow
Sally
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Lerner and Loewe
34. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
The Sound of Music
Jule Styne
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Popular entertainments and comic opera
35. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy
The mikado
Crazy for You
Stephen sondheim
Pal Joey
36. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
Cole Porter
Director
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Pageant wagons and mansions
37. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Threepenny opera
Producer
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Popular entertainments and comic opera
38. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Can-can
Cleverly concoted
Agnes de mille
Mercenary mary
39. Who composed the music for Irene
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Singin in the rain
Harry tierney
The book
40. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
Radio city music hall
Ray Bolger
Annie get your gun
3 to 5
41. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Mary Martin
Angel
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Guys and Dolls
42. What was a 'claquer?'
Sally
The Sound of Music
Swing
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
43. ____________ presents men better than they are...
If i loved you
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Tragedy
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
44. Who wrote the music for show boat
Political satire
Damn yankees
Director
Jerome kern
45. 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
Witty dialogue
Comic opera
Ray Bolger
Swing
46. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs
Lyricist
Before common era
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Mary rodgers
47. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?
City dionysia
Official beginning of western theatre
Once upon a mattress
Deus ex machina
48. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
His 'confessions'
I got rhythm
Romantic music
49. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Robin hood
Julie Andrews
South pacific
Witty dialogue
50. What show is the song bewitched from
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Director
Pal Joey
Athens