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Musical Theatre
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1. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
The merry widow
Kurt Weill
Stephen Sondheim
Oscar hammerstein II
2. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
The merry widow
Playwright
Intense training
3. Roman theatre: Women performed in...
Mimes
None all men
Victor herbert
Gestures and poses
4. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
King Louis XIV
Conductor
John Gay
The king and i
5. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.
New comedy
The shows they came from
Before common era
Ray bolger
6. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by
Georges balanchine
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Producer
HMS pinafore
7. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
Choreographer
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
West side story
On the town
8. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
Nine
War
Eliza Doolittle
John Hollingshead
9. Who was the choreographer for carousel
If i loved you
Tragedies
Agnes de mille
I got rhythm
10. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees
Commedia dell-arte
Angel
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Guys and Dolls
11. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Good news
Costume designer
Rodgers and Hart
Entertainments
12. What instruments accompanied the dancing
Leonard bernstein
Julie Andrews
Oklahoma
Flutes - lyres
13. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?
Pageant wagons and mansions
Oscar hammerstein II
Victor herbert
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
14. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.
The shows they came from
Aristotle
New comedy
The king and i
15. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?
None all men
Gertrude lawrence
Thespis
Oklahoma
16. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music
Julie Andrews
Borrowed tunes
Mimes
Catholic church
17. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Greeks
John Hollingshead
Victor herbert
18. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on
John Gay
Oil lamps
The book uncle toms cabin
Agnes de mille
19. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Romantic music
Candide
Radio city music hall
Cole Porter
20. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'
Oh Kay
South pacific
Horace
Mercenary mary
21. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
Mary Martin
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
No no nanette
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
22. Who is the composer for music man
Of thee i sing
24
On your toes and babes in arms
Meredith wilson
23. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
Set designer
My fair lady
No no nanette
The student prince
24. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?
Adonis
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Music man
Mary rodgers
25. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas
New comedy
Horace
If i loved you
The mikado
26. Who stages the dances?
Choreographer
Female roles
On your toes
Changing masks and costumes
27. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Harry tierney
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Rodgers and hammerstein
28. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
Gestures and poses
On your toes and babes in arms
Lerner and Loewe
Pageant wagons and mansions
29. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
HMS pinafore
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Kiss me - kate
Horace
30. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
Gestures and poses
Damn yankees
The belle of new york
Disappears
31. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
The book
Lerner and Loewe
Patriotic
24
32. Who made in dahomey unique
He died in 1937
None all men
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Enzio pinza
33. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
Conductor
On your toes and babes in arms
Ray bolger
Plato
34. Pal Joey was written by...
Singin in the rain
The romantic musicals
The book
Rodgers and Hart
35. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Producer
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
36. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Agnes de mille
East Side Story
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
37. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Of thee i sing
Director
The music man
Comic opera
38. Annie Oakley is from What show
Ancient baghdad
The pajama game
Anti-hero
Annie get your gun
39. Bloody Mary is from What show
Rodgers and Hart
South pacific
Gypsy
The puritans took control of the governmetn
40. What show is -the continental
Ethel merman
Gertrude lawrence
Mercenary mary
Once upon a mattress
41. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music
On your toes
BC
Julie Andrews
Permissiveness and crazes
42. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons
False it was stylized
Comedies
Jule Styne
Tragedies
43. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?
Took to the streets and traveled -
Playwright
Adonis
City dionysia
44. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
South pacific
Kurt Weill
Jule Styne
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
45. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
The savoy operas
HMS pinafore
The romantic musicals
Timbuktu
46. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?
The romantic musicals
Composer
Restoration
Oklahoma
47. Lotte Lenya is from What show
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
The Threepenny Opera
Composer
Mama rose
48. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
Patriotic
Public enemy no. 13
I got rhythm
King Louis XIV
49. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Producer
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Agnes de Mille
50. Who is the composer of the music man
A stevedore
The music man
Singin in the rain
Meredith wilson
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