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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






2. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






3. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






5. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






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






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






8. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






9. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






10. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






11. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






12. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






13. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






14. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






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






16. What instruments accompanied the dancing






17. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






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






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






20. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






21. What show is- tea for two






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






23. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






24. What show is i want to be happy






25. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






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






27. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






28. What show is the song bewitched from






29. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






30. What show is -the continental






31. What show is -the continental






32. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






33. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






34. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






35. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






36. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






37. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






38. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






39. Who made in dahomey unique






40. Who was the choreographer for carousel






41. What is Bali H'ai from






42. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






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






44. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






45. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






46. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






47. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






48. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






49. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






50. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call