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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






2. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






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






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






5. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






6. Who hires the creative team for a production?






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






8. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






9. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






10. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






11. 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






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






13. Who is the composer of Can-Can






14. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






15. What was the 1927 musical about college life






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






17. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical






18. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






19. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.






20. Who picks the actors?






21. What was the original name of West Side Story






22. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






23. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...






24. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






25. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






26. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






27. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






29. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






30. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






31. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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32. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






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






34. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






35. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






36. What is a person who writes a libretto called...






37. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






38. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






39. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






40. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






41. Billy Bigelow is form What show






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






43. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






44. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






45. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






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






47. What is a 'pasticcio' score






48. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






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






50. __________ presents men worse than they are...