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






2. G: how did they play female roles






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






4. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.






5. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






6. Who composed the music for Irene






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






8. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






9. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






10. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






11. What character are in anything goes






12. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






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






14. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






15. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






16. Who is the composer of Candide






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






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






19. Where they fly things on stage






20. Who wrote the music for show boat






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






22. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






23. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






24. Who writes the words to the songs?






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






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






27. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






28. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






29. What show is i want to be happy






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






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






32. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






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






34. What team wrote the Sound of music






35. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






36. What instruments accompanied the dancing






37. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






38. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






39. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






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






42. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






43. Who is the composer for on the town






44. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






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






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






47. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






48. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






49. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






50. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe