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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






2. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






3. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






5. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






6. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






7. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






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






9. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?






10. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






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






12. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






13. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






14. What show is 'broadway melody' from






15. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






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






17. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'






18. Who is the composer for music man






19. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






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






21. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






22. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






23. What show is -i got rhythm






24. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






26. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






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






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






29. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






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






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






32. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






33. G: What is BCE same as






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






35. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






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






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






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






39. What is Bali H'ai from






40. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?






41. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






42. Who writes the words to the songs?






43. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






44. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






45. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






46. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






47. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






48. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






49. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






50. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town