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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






2. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






3. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






4. Annie Oakley is from What show






5. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






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






7. Mama rose is from What show






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






9. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality


10. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






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






12. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






13. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






14. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






15. What show is -love is sweeping the country






16. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






17. Annie Oakley is from What show






18. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






19. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






20. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






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






22. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






23. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






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






25. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






26. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






27. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






28. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






29. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






30. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






31. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






32. What show is- tea for two






33. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






34. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






35. Who picks the actors?






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






37. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






38. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






39. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






40. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?






41. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






42. Laurie is from What show






43. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






44. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






45. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






46. What are the three types of greek plays






47. What show is i want to be happy






48. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






49. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






50. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show