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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular
King Louis XIV
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Stephen Sondheim
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
2. F:who took over those roles
Satyr plays
City dionysia
Professional perfomers
Once upon a mattress
3. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
Leonard bernstein
Pal Joey
Agnes de mille
HMS pinafore
4. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Enzio pinza
Disappears
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Mary Martin
5. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre
Spectacle
Cleverly concoted
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Producer
6. 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 student prince
The shows they came from
Oscar hammerstein
The pajama game
7. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Harrigan and hart
Gwen verdon
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
8. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Public enemy no. 13
Guys and dolls
Leonard Bernstein
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
9. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening
Meredith wilson
The book
The music man
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
10. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
West side story
Greeks
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Librettist
11. Ertha Kitta and Melba Morre in this Black variation of KIsmet
Lowering
Spectacle
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Timbuktu
12. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
Music man
The belle of new york
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
13. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Agnes de Mille
Cole Porter
Mercenary mary
The merry widow
14. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
Threepenny opera
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Cleverly concoted
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
15. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening
Guys and dolls
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Producer
16. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
Director
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
17. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production
He was the producer
Burlesqued
Babes in arms
Sally
18. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
The metropolitan opera
Irene
The merry widow
19. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
George gershwin
Pal Joey
South pacific
Ethel merman
20. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece
Crazy for you
Thespis
Irving Berlin
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
21. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Orchestration
Victor herbert
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Rodgers and hammerstein
22. What show is -the continental
Mercenary mary
3 to 5
The Threepenny Opera
Brigadoon
23. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
Ethel merman
I got rhythm
False it was stylized
Ballet and modern dance
24. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
Restoration
If i loved you
Julie Andrews
Oh Kay
25. Bloody Mary is from What show
Oil lamps
Director
Mercenary mary
South pacific
26. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion
The cotton blossom
My fair lady
None all men
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
27. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
Timbuktu
Gestures and poses
Choreographer
Of thee i sing
28. ____________ presents men better than they are...
Composer
Pants role or trousers role
Tragedy
Julie Andrews
29. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
The desert song
Gypsy
Jerome Robbins
Agnes de Mille
30. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?
He died in 1937
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
City dionysia
Oscar hammerstein II
31. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Orchestration
Comedy
Anything goes
32. G: The chorus usually had _____ members
War
Oil lamps
24
Agnes de mille
33. 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?
Playwright
Crazy for you
South pacific
James michener
34. Annie Oakley is from What show
Annie get your gun
No no nanette
West side story
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
35. Mama rose is from What show
Gypsy
No no nanette
Stephen sondheim
Oklahoma
36. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
Stephen Sondheim
Frank Loesser
Rex Harrison
The pajama game
37. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Comedies
Guys and Dolls
Official beginning of western theatre
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
38. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
Entertainments
Satyr plays
Romantic
Julie Andrews
39. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people
Gertrude lawrence
Orchestration
Comedies
Bob Fosse
40. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar
BC- before christ
Commedia dell-arte
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Thespis
41. What does 'renaissance' mean
Gypsy
Voice type
Rebirth
Aristotle
42. Laurie is from What show
Robin hood
False it was stylized
Oklahoma
The music man
43. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
The king and i
None all men
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Director
44. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey
Bernstein and Sondheim
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Burlesqued
The king and i
45. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
Athens
Moliere
Ethel merman
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
46. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
The book
Gypsy
Oklahoma
47. Laurie's dream ballet
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Aristotle
Same person
Oklahoma
48. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion
My fair lady
Producer
Disappears
Producer
49. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s
Can-can
Michael Kidd
Of thee i sing
No no nanette
50. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Leonard bernstein
Carousel
The merry widow