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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. G: How many lead actors were there?






2. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






3. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






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






5. What was the continental






6. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






7. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






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






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






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






11. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






12. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina






13. Lotte Lenya is from What show






14. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






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






16. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






17. What was a 'claquer?'






18. What characters are in show boat

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






20. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






21. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






22. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






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






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






25. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






26. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






28. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical






29. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






30. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






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






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






33. Who wrote the music for show boat






34. What was the 1927 musical about college life






35. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






36. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






37. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






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






39. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






40. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






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






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






43. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






44. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






45. 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 ___________.






46. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






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






48. What show is 'broadway melody' from






49. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






50. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.