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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bloody Mary is from What show






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






3. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






4. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






5. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






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






7. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






8. Who hires the creative team for a production?






9. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






10. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






11. What show is i want to be happy






12. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






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






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






15. ____________ presents men better than they are...






16. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






17. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






18. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






19. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






20. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






21. Mama rose is from What show






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






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






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






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






26. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






27. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






28. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






29. Who is the composer for music man






30. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






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






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






33. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






34. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






35. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality


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






37. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






38. What is Bali H'ai from






39. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






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






41. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






42. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






43. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






44. Greek: 534 BCE






45. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






46. G: What is BCE same as






47. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show






48. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






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






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