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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






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






3. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






4. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






5. Lotte Lenya is from What show






6. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






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






8. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






9. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






10. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






11. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






12. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






13. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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14. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






15. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






16. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






17. What comic duo was the show centered around






18. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






19. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






20. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






21. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






22. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






23. Who is the composer for music man






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






25. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show






26. G: Male actors played...






27. Who is the composer of Candide






28. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






29. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






30. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette






31. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






32. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






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






34. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?






35. Where they fly things on stage






36. What comic duo was the show centered around






37. What show is i want to be happy






38. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






39. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






40. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






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






42. Thespis ________ greek mythology






43. What is another name for the book and lyrics






44. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






45. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






46. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






47. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






48. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






49. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






50. __________ presents men worse than they are...