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Musical Theatre
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1. G: What is BCE same as
The new moon
BC- before christ
Borrowed tunes
Comic opera had music and dialogue
2. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess
George and ira gershwin
The Threepenny Opera
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Playwright
3. What show is -the continental
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Mercenary mary
The pajama game
Leonard Bernstein
4. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Once upon a mattress
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Victor herbert
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
5. Laurie is from What show
Pal Joey
If i loved you
John Gay
Oklahoma
6. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show
4th and 5th centuries bce
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The king and i
None all men
7. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?
HMS pinafore
The serenade and the fortune teller
Moliere
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
8. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
Meredith wilson
Rodgers and Hart
The savoy operas
Commedia dell-arte
9. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Music director
Carousel
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Michael Kidd
10. Greek: 534 BCE
Official beginning of western theatre
Comedy
Bernstein and Sondheim
BC
11. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
Moved indoors
Aristotle
Enzio pinza
Radio city music hall
12. What show is the song bewitched from
Pal Joey
Public enemy no. 13
Nine
Oklahoma
13. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII
George gershwin
The music man
South pacific
Damn yankees
14. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'
Director
Threepenny opera
Someone to watch over me
Deus ex machina
15. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
Gestures and poses
Producer
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Ethel merman
16. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress
Ethel merman
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Mary rodgers
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
17. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Romantic
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Kiss me - Kate
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
18. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Patriotic
Popular entertainments
Julie Andrews
Producer
19. What is Bali H'ai from
South pacific
His 'confessions'
The serenade and the fortune teller
Commedia dell-arte
20. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
West side story
Richard rodgers
The shows they came from
Mama rose
21. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera
Changing masks and costumes
Mary Martin
He died in 1937
Comic opera had music and dialogue
22. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?
BC
Swing
The new moon
Comic opera
23. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
Tearly Roman empire
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Deus ex machina
Kismet
24. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Stephen sondheim
Oklahoma
Of thee i sing
25. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
Jerome kern
Guys and Dolls
South pacific
Annie get your gun
26. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Rex Harrison
Choreographer
The music man
Victor herbert
27. 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 ___________.
Tearly Roman empire
The shows they came from
Director
Mary martin
28. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by
Fly loft
Mary rodgers
Oklahoma
Georges balanchine
29. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
The Sound of Music
Stephen sondheim
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Same person
30. 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 ___________.
City dionysia
The shows they came from
A trip to chinatown
Oklahoma
31. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Lyricist
Pageant wagons and mansions
Rex Harrison
Oklahoma
32. Pal Joey was written by...
Rodgers and Hart
The pajama game
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Mary rodgers
33. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
Disappears
Voice type
Mimes
Yul Brenner
34. What instruments accompanied the dancing
Pants role or trousers role
George m. cohan
Kurt Weill
Flutes - lyres
35. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
Stand by
King Louis XIV
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
The Sound of Music
36. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Rose marie
Political satire
He was the producer
37. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes
Eliza Doolittle
Stand by
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
38. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience
American dance music
Gestures and poses
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Restoration
39. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Comedies
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
American dance music
Popular dance
40. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Music director
West side story
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Pants role or trousers role
41. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
Playwright
3 to 5
John Hollingshead
Mercenary mary
42. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
The king and i
He was the producer
43. Who picks the actors?
No no nanette
Meredith wilson
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Director
44. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience
Gestures and poses
On your toes
Director
My Fair Lady
45. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
A trip to chinatown
The merry widow
The pajama game
Borrowed tunes
46. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
Guys and dolls
Cole porter
The Threepenny opera
Of thee i sing
47. What comic duo was the show centered around
Bert williams and george walker
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Spectacle
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48. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
Betty comden and adolph green
Catholic church
George m. cohan
Jerome robbins
49. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Witty dialogue
Ethel merman
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Cole Porter
50. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
Can-can
Commedia dell-arte
Anything goes
East Side Story
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