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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






2. Who is the composer for music man






3. What show is -i got rhythm






4. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






5. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






6. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






7. Pal Joey was written by...






8. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






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






10. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






11. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






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






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






14. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






15. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






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






17. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






18. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






19. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






20. G: What does BCE mean?






21. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






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






23. Who is the composer of Can-Can






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






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






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






27. What is a 'pasticcio' score






28. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






29. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






30. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






31. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






32. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?






33. What are the three types of greek plays






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






35. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






36. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






37. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






38. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






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






40. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






41. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






42. What show is -love is sweeping the country






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






44. What show is- tea for two






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






46. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






47. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






48. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






50. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________