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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






2. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






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






4. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






5. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






6. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






8. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






9. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






10. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






11. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






12. Pal Joey was written by...






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

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14. What are the three types of greek plays






15. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






16. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






17. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






18. What show is -i got rhythm






19. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






20. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






21. 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'






22. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






23. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






24. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






25. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






26. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






27. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






28. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






29. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






30. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz






31. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






32. Who is the star of sweet charity






33. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz






34. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






35. Who picks the actors?






36. Laurie is from What show






37. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






38. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






39. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






40. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






41. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






42. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






43. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






44. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






45. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






46. Who is the composer for music man






47. Who made in dahomey unique






48. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






49. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






50. What is a 'pasticcio' score