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Musical Theatre
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1. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show
Commedia dell-arte
Popular entertainments
Girl crazy
Crazy for You
2. What comic duo was the show centered around
Disappears
George and Ira Gershwin
Bert williams and george walker
Voice type
3. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Carol Channing
Producer
State
Timbuktu
4. Greek: 534 BCE
Of thee i sing
The Threepenny Opera
Threepenny opera
Official beginning of western theatre
5. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
The puritans took control of the governmetn
On your toes
Jerome Robbins
6. G: What does BCE mean?
Before common era
Borrowed tunes
Adonis
Romantic
7. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
Political satire
Thespis
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Stand by
8. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Meredith wilson
The Sound of Music
Set designer
9. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic
Librettist
Cleverly concoted
False it was stylized
Playwright
10. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
A stevedore
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Patriotic
Annie get your gun
11. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa
My fair lady
Frank Loesser
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
The music man
12. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
War
Brigadoon
The mikado
George and Ira Gershwin
13. What show is- tea for two
The pajama game
Mama rose
No no nanette
Kiss me - Kate
14. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
The Threepenny opera
Candide
Set designer
Conductor
15. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy
Choreographer
George and Ira Gershwin
Victor herbert
Mary martin
16. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
The student prince
Tearly Roman empire
George m. cohan
Mary Martin
17. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece
Producer
Damn yankees
Thespis
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
18. Laurie's dream ballet
Oklahoma
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
No no nanette
Mary rodgers
19. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
War
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Stephen Sondheim
Annie get your gun
20. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady
Irene
The Threepenny Opera
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Eliza Doolittle
21. Billy Bigelow is form What show
Professional perfomers
Eliza Doolittle
Threepenny opera
Carousel
22. Who is the composer of Candide
Leonard bernstein
The Sound of Music
Anti-hero
Mary Martin
23. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific
Mary martin
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
BC- before christ
Conductor
24. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?
Voice type
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Pal Joey
He died in 1937
25. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Meredith wilson
New comedy
Guys and dolls
26. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
Patriotic
Producer
Richard d'oyly carte
Changing masks and costumes
27. What show is- tea for two
Bert williams and george walker
Moliere
No no nanette
Court nobility
28. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?
Greeks
Oscar hammerstein II
Gwen verdon
Leonard bernstein
29. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Flutes - lyres
Singin in the rain
Carousel
30. Who stages the dances?
Producer
Director
On your toes and babes in arms
Choreographer
31. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Brigadoon
Slapsticks
Popular dance
Producer
32. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess
George and ira gershwin
Anything goes
Rex Harrison
Mama rose
33. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre
Spectacle
Mercenary mary
Billy bigelow
Leonard bernstein
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35. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The marx brothers
My Fair Lady
Tearly Roman empire
36. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Popular entertainments
Annie get your gun
37. Bloody Mary is from What show
Took to the streets and traveled -
Intense training
South pacific
The belle of new york
38. Who is the composer of the King and I
Orchestration
Flutes - lyres
Leonard bernstein
Richard rodgers
39. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Tragedies
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Middle ages
40. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
Timbuktu
Conductor
Eliza Doolittle
George and ira gershwin
41. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady
Intense training
Changing masks and costumes
Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews
42. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
West side story
I got rhythm
American politics
The merry widow
43. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Kiss me - Kate
Girl crazy
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
44. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production
No no nanette
Libretto
Producer
He was the producer
45. __________ presents men worse than they are...
Commedia dell-arte
The merry widow
Comedy
Restoration
46. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
My fair lady
Gypsy
Romantic
47. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
Ballet and modern dance
Comic opera
The Sound of Music
Kismet
48. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
None all men
Leonard Bernstein
Gypsy
Billy bigelow
49. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
Permissiveness and crazes
South pacific
East Side Story
On your toes
50. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
Gypsy
Angel
Tearly Roman empire
He was the producer
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