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Musical Theatre
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1. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Timbuktu
Popular dance
The shows they came from
Leonard Bernstein
2. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
The new moon
Meredith wilson
Lowering
Tearly Roman empire
3. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Timbuktu
A trip to chinatown
4. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
Victor herbert
George gershwin
Evangeline
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
5. What team wrote the Sound of music
Rodgers and hammerstein
Leonard bernstein
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Stephen sondheim
6. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
South pacific
Pageant wagons and mansions
Ethel merman
4th and 5th centuries bce
7. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
Producer
Official beginning of western theatre
Victor herbert
Betty comden and adolph green
8. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
Choreographer
Rex Harrison
King Louis XIV
Stand by
9. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.
Mary rodgers
Kiss me - kate
Burlesqued
Moved indoors
10. 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?
Director
South pacific
The marx brothers
Crazy for you
11. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Stephen sondheim
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
The Sound of Music
12. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience
Ethel merman
Cleverly concoted
Gestures and poses
Commedia dell-arte
13. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions
Comic opera
Damn yankees
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Oklahoma
14. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
Director
Gypsy
John Hollingshead
South pacific
15. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece
Thespis
Ethel merman
Kiss me - kate
Conductor
16. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon
Once upon a mattress
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Agnes de mille
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
17. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
Bob Fosse
The Threepenny Opera
Oh Kay
3 to 5
18. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
Set designer
Professional perfomers
Playwright
A stevedore
19. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Took to the streets and traveled -
Jule Styne
The doctor of alcantara
Before common era
20. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular
Brigadoon
Kismet
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
21. Annie Oakley is from What show
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Damn yankees
Annie get your gun
Bob Fosse
22. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name
George gershwin
The king and I
Candide
Of thee i sing
23. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?
Richard rodgers
Irving Berlin
Ballet and modern dance
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
24. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
Gwen verdon
Court nobility
Oscar hammerstein
Rodgers and hammerstein
25. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Stand by
Athens
Director
Meredith wilson
26. Bloody Mary is from What show
Harrigan and hart
South pacific
Commedia dell-arte
Carousel
27. Who composed the music for Irene
Rex Harrison
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Harry tierney
Meredith wilson
28. 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'
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Gypsy
Annie get your gun
Lerner and Loewe
29. Who hires the creative team for a production?
On your toes
Victor herbert
Producer
The belle of new york
30. What claim to fame does babes in arms have
The cotton blossom
Stephen sondheim
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Kiss me - Kate
31. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology
Tragedies
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Satyr plays
Thespis
32. What show is- tea for two
Set designer
No no nanette
None all men
Leonard bernstein
33. where did performers go
Harry tierney
Guys and Dolls
Took to the streets and traveled -
South pacific
34. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Ancient baghdad
Costume designer
Jerome kern
Romantic
35. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
George m. cohan
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
36. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes
George gershwin
Producer
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Meredith wilson
37. What was the original name of West Side Story
East Side Story
The king and i
The metropolitan opera
Annie get your gun
38. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
Damn yankees
Leonard bernstein
Yul Brenner
Comedies
39. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
The merry widow
Mercenary mary
The student prince
40. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters
Entertainments
The new moon
Jerome kern
John Gay
41. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre
Bernstein and Sondheim
The desert song
Enzio pinza
George m. cohan
42. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing
American politics
Satyr plays
My fair lady
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
43. F:who took over those roles
Professional perfomers
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Producer
Restoration
44. What is a person who writes a libretto called...
The shows they came from
Mary Martin
Librettist
War
45. 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
Costume designer
Kurt Weill
Oklahoma
Carol Channing
46. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
Director
Radio city music hall
A contrived ending
Carmen jones
47. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Marilyn Miller
Lowering
Music man
Jule Styne
48. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady
Pants role or trousers role
Mimes
Rex Harrison
My fair lady
49. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
The doctor of alcantara
Jule Styne
Same person
Can-can
50. 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
Pageant wagons and mansions
The romantic musicals
Carousel
Kiss me - kate
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