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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who writes the words to the songs?






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






3. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






4. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






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






6. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






7. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






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






9. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






10. Annie Oakley is from What show






11. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






13. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






14. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






15. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






16. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






17. Who made in dahomey unique






18. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






19. 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






20. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






21. Laurie's dream ballet






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






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






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






25. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






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






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






28. What comic duo was the show centered around






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






30. What was the 1927 musical about college life






31. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






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






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






34. Ertha Kitta and Melba Morre in this Black variation of KIsmet






35. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






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






37. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






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






39. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






40. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






41. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






42. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






43. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






44. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






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






46. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






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






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






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






50. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s