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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






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






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






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






5. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






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






7. What characters are in show boat

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8. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






9. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






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






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






12. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






13. Who is the composer for wonderful town






14. Thespis ________ greek mythology






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






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






17. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






18. What comic duo was the show centered around






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






20. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






21. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






22. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






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






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

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






26. Where they fly things on stage






27. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






28. 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'






29. Who is the composer of Candide






30. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






31. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






32. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






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






34. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






35. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






36. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show






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






38. 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'






39. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






40. Who is the composer of the King and I






41. Who picks the actors?






42. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






43. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






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






45. What was the setting for Kismet






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






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






48. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






49. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






50. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality







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