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Musical Theatre
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1. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'
4th and 5th centuries bce
No
Leonard bernstein
Bert williams and george walker
2. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Stand by
Enzio pinza
Political satire
Of thee i sing
3. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Robin hood
Oklahoma
No no nanette
A stevedore
4. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
Oklahoma
New comedy
On your toes and babes in arms
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
5. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Public enemy no. 13
Crazy for You
John Gay
Popular entertainments and comic opera
6. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Brigadoon
I got rhythm
Romantic music
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
7. Lotte Lenya is from What show
Ethel merman
The Threepenny Opera
Agnes de Mille
Adonis
8. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
3 to 5
The shows they came from
Singin in the rain
Tearly Roman empire
9. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Bert williams and george walker
Gene kelly
Pageant wagons and mansions
10. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Candide
Took to the streets and traveled -
Jule Styne
Spectacle
11. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
George m. cohan
Agnes de Mille
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Guys and Dolls
12. Who composed the music for Irene
Harry tierney
The marx brothers
Victor herbert
Professional perfomers
13. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
Athens
Borrowed tunes
On your toes and babes in arms
Gwen verdon
14. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
Restoration
Costume designer
Spectacle
Witty dialogue
15. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
Borrowed tunes
24
Deus ex machina
Gypsy
16. Who picks the actors?
Producer
Director
Singin in the rain
Spectacle
17. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece
Changing masks and costumes
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
War
18. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Producer
No no nanette
Mary martin
Director
19. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience
Oscar hammerstein II
Producer
On your toes
Gestures and poses
20. What show is -i got rhythm
West side story
None all men
Girl crazy
Eliza Doolittle
21. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?
Jule Styne
Court nobility
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Victor herbert
22. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'
Horace
On your toes and babes in arms
Commedia dell-arte
Swing
23. ____________ presents men better than they are...
Tragedy
Political satire
Mama rose
Jerome robbins
24. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
Agnes de mille
Timbuktu
Parodied
Swing
25. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess
Playwright
Political satire
No
George gershwin
26. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?
Richard rodgers
Mama rose
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Director
27. What was Oh Kays most famous song
John Hollingshead
Ethel merman
Girl crazy
Someone to watch over me
28. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
No
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
29. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Costume designer
The doctor of alcantara
The cotton blossom
Rose marie
30. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it
Catholic church
Political satire
George m. cohan
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
31. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Crazy for you
Commedia dell-arte
Oscar hammerstein
Julie Andrews
32. What is a person who writes a libretto called...
Librettist
Lerner and Loewe
Gwen verdon
He died in 1937
33. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
American politics
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Timbuktu
Disappears
34. Who made in dahomey unique
Stephen sondheim
Candide
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
35. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story
Bernstein and Sondheim
Julie Andrews
Took to the streets and traveled -
Choreographer
36. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
South pacific
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Mary martin
Patriotic
37. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
The student prince
Deus ex machina
Ethel merman
Tragedies
38. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Burlesqued
Guys and Dolls
Michael Kidd
He died in 1937
39. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
Popular dance
None all men
Moved indoors
Conductor
40. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
The merry widow
Agnes de Mille
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
The doctor of alcantara
41. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
The book
The pajama game
Fly loft
Agnes de mille
42. What does 'renaissance' mean
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
George m. cohan
Rebirth
Crazy for You
43. Greek: 534 BCE
George gershwin
Popular entertainments
The cotton blossom
Official beginning of western theatre
44. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
John Hollingshead
Patriotic
Can-can
Carmen jones
45. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII
Jule Styne
South pacific
Damn yankees
Comedy
46. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
No no nanette
Choreographer
James michener
Music director
47. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes
Comedy
My fair lady
Producer
Timbuktu
48. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
The king and i
Moved indoors
Oklahoma
49. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
Comedy
Ethel merman
Choreographer
Patriotic
50. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
The music man
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Guys and Dolls
Gertrude Lawrence
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