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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






2. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






3. F:who took over those roles






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






5. Who is the star of sweet charity






6. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






7. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






8. Who writes the words to the songs?






9. What is a 'pasticcio' score






10. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya






11. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






12. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






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






14. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






15. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






16. Who composed the music for Irene






17. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






18. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






19. Laurie's dream ballet






20. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






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






22. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan






23. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






24. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe






25. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






26. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






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






28. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






29. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






30. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






32. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






33. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






34. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






35. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






36. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






37. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






38. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






39. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






40. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






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






42. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






43. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






44. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






45. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






46. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






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






48. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






49. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






50. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________