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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lotte Lenya is from What show






2. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






3. What was a 'claquer?'






4. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






5. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






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






7. What show is 'broadway melody' from






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






9. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






10. Where they fly things on stage






11. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






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






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






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






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






16. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






17. Who wrote the music for show boat






18. Who is the composer for music man






19. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...

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20. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






21. G: How many lead actors were there?






22. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






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






24. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






25. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






26. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






27. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






28. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






29. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






30. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






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






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






33. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






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






35. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






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






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






38. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette






39. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






40. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






41. F:who took over those roles






42. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






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






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






45. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






46. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






47. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






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






49. 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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50. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show






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