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Musical Theatre
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1. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Ray bolger
Greeks
Once upon a mattress
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
2. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz
Ray Bolger
Costume designer
Tragedies
George gershwin
3. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
Evangeline
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Eliza Doolittle
On the town
4. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes
Female roles
He was the producer
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Conductor
5. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?
South pacific
BC
Of thee i sing
Ballet and modern dance
6. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
The merry widow
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Damn yankees
Of thee i sing
7. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?
South pacific
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Sally
Rose marie
8. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Crazy for You
West side story
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Jule Styne
9. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
Changing masks and costumes
Producer
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Pal Joey
10. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
The savoy operas
American politics
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
11. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
Gwen verdon
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Guys and Dolls
Of thee i sing
12. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa
The music man
Kiss me - kate
The new moon
Rodgers and hammerstein
13. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?
Once upon a mattress
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Same person
City dionysia
14. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Producer
Timbuktu
Cole porter
Plato
15. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore
Timbuktu
Annie get your gun
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Intense training
16. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'
On your toes
Costume designer
Jerome kern
Bert williams and george walker
17. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
Frank Loesser
Agnes de mille
Irving Berlin
Guys and dolls
18. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Female roles
George m. cohan
Stand by
Leonard bernstein
19. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?
Julie Andrews
City dionysia
The mikado
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
20. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing
American politics
American dance music
Meredith wilson
Parodied
21. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Kiss me - Kate
The Threepenny Opera
Brigadoon
Crazy for you
22. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
Cleverly concoted
Bernstein and Sondheim
Tragedies
George m. cohan
23. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
George and ira gershwin
On the town
Popular entertainments
New comedy
24. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Tearly Roman empire
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Rex Harrison
25. What comic duo was the show centered around
Stand by
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Bert williams and george walker
Someone to watch over me
26. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919
Anti-hero
Oscar hammerstein II
Disappears
Irene
27. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons
He was the producer
Meredith wilson
Tragedies
Adonis
28. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
The king and i
BC- before christ
29. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters
Oscar hammerstein
The king and i
Entertainments
Meredith wilson
30. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
Oil lamps
Director
Playwright
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
31. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
Carmen jones
Parodied
Producer
The savoy operas
32. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Agnes de mille
33. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Gwen verdon
Timbuktu
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Oscar hammerstein
34. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
Meredith wilson
Jerome Robbins
Gypsy
Producer
35. 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
Damn yankees
Kiss me - kate
The king and i
Producer
36. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Damn yankees
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
3 to 5
37. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Pants role or trousers role
Mulligan guards routines
Brigadoon
38. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Kiss me - kate
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
39. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Ethel merman
Once upon a mattress
American politics
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
40. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel
American politics
Billy bigelow
Cleverly concoted
Brigadoon
41. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Carol Channing
False it was stylized
Ethel merman
Rodgers and hammerstein
42. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
Anything goes
On your toes and babes in arms
Damn yankees
Oh Kay
43. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?
Gertrude Lawrence
Flutes - lyres
Victor herbert
False- it was considred a romantic musical
44. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
Bob Fosse
A trip to chinatown
Annie get your gun
Meredith wilson
45. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
A trip to chinatown
Kiss me - kate
George m. cohan
46. What are the three types of greek plays
Bernstein and Sondheim
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Female roles
George m. cohan
47. What character are in anything goes
Same person
Meredith wilson
Public enemy no. 13
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
48. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Parodied
State
War
49. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'
Ethel merman
No
Director
Sally
50. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
South pacific
The savoy operas
Evangeline
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
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