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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






2. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






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






4. Who is the composer of the music man






5. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






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






7. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






8. What was the setting for Kismet






9. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






10. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






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






12. What does 'renaissance' mean






13. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






14. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






15. G: Male actors played...






16. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






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






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






20. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period






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






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






23. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






24. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






25. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






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






27. G: How many lead actors were there?






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






29. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa






30. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






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






32. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






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






34. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






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






36. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show






37. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






38. 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 ___________.






39. Who stages the dances?






40. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






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






42. Who was the choreographer for carousel






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






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






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






46. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






47. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






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






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






50. 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