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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
On the town
Mama rose
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
The new moon
2. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
A trip to chinatown
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
West side story
3. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Before common era
Kiss me - kate
The book uncle toms cabin
Timbuktu
4. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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5. What was the continental
Popular dance
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
6. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
The belle of new york
Mama rose
Adonis
War
7. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Ethel merman
Spectacle
Director
8. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Rebirth
Music man
Anything goes
9. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
George and ira gershwin
Irving Berlin
Deus ex machina
West side story
10. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?
Oh Kay
Gertrude lawrence
Oscar hammerstein II
I got rhythm
11. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Moliere
The merry widow
Gertrude Lawrence
12. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
Guys and dolls
Greeks
The savoy operas
Harrigan and hart
13. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Music director
A contrived ending
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Ethel merman
14. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Anti-hero
Harrigan and hart
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
15. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
He died in 1937
Patriotic
Cleverly concoted
No
16. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music
Julie Andrews
Irene
Crazy for you
Stephen Sondheim
17. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Playwright
Rebirth
Carol Channing
Guys and Dolls
18. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
The Threepenny Opera
Comic opera had music and dialogue
19. 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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20. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Kurt Weill
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
George m. cohan
George and ira gershwin
21. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece
Bob Fosse
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
New comedy
Music man
22. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'
Aristotle
Set designer
The Threepenny opera
John Gay
23. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical
Once upon a mattress
Gestures and poses
Rose marie
Mary rodgers
24. What show is i want to be happy
Gypsy
The romantic musicals
No no nanette
Libretto
25. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Greeks
Moved indoors
Burlesqued
Gene kelly
26. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
Director
Georges balanchine
Gwen verdon
Official beginning of western theatre
27. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
The new moon
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Kismet
The doctor of alcantara
28. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
James michener
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Pageant wagons and mansions
Moved indoors
29. Bloody Mary is from What show
South pacific
Thespis
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Producer
30. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
On your toes and babes in arms
Public enemy no. 13
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
A contrived ending
31. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology
4th and 5th centuries bce
Satyr plays
John Hollingshead
Anything goes
32. Greek: 534 BCE
Parodied
Professional perfomers
Official beginning of western theatre
Brigadoon
33. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Mercenary mary
Female roles
James michener
Singin in the rain
34. 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 king and i
Music director
Aristotle
The merry widow
35. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion
State
The Threepenny Opera
The Sound of Music
My fair lady
36. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Jule Styne
The doctor of alcantara
Stephen sondheim
Commedia dell-arte
37. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas
Timbuktu
South pacific
Oh Kay
The mikado
38. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
New comedy
Annie get your gun
South pacific
Oklahoma
39. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon
East Side Story
Agnes de Mille
Leonard bernstein
The mikado
40. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Timbuktu
Costume designer
Lerner and Loewe
41. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
Mercenary mary
The Threepenny opera
The Sound of Music
Carousel
42. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
South pacific
Stephen Sondheim
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
43. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady
Lerner and Loewe
Angel
Stephen Sondheim
Moliere
44. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
West side story
Victor herbert
Mama rose
Patriotic
45. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
On your toes and babes in arms
Damn yankees
War
Of thee i sing
46. Commedia performers used...
George gershwin
The romantic musicals
Slapsticks
Plato
47. G: Greek actors had...
Borrowed tunes
Ancient baghdad
Intense training
Producer
48. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
Enzio pinza
Ethel merman
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
False- it was considred a romantic musical
49. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'
Swing
Producer
Timbuktu
The desert song
50. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
Ethel merman
Rebirth
Ethel merman
Oscar hammerstein
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