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Musical Theatre
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1. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera
Burlesqued
Comic opera had music and dialogue
Kurt Weill
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
2. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?
Jerome Robbins
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Agnes de mille
Voice type
3. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Good news
Pal Joey
Bob Fosse
George gershwin
4. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality
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5. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
Robin hood
Nine
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Gwen verdon
6. What was the setting for Kismet
Ancient baghdad
John Hollingshead
BC- before christ
Lerner and Loewe
7. Professional spotlight was developed in the...
Cole Porter
24
Someone to watch over me
Middle ages
8. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays
Borrowed tunes
The Threepenny Opera
Rodgers and hammerstein
Greeks
9. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Anything goes
Betty comden and adolph green
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Rodgers and hammerstein
10. Who is the composer of the King and I
No
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Richard rodgers
Candide
11. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
American politics
Guys and dolls
Plato
Director
12. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Leonard bernstein
Irene
Oscar hammerstein II
Jule Styne
13. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes
Stephen Sondheim
Libretto
Once upon a mattress
Ethel merman
14. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
No no nanette
Julie Andrews
Playwright
Ethel merman
15. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
Thespis
A contrived ending
Ballet and modern dance
West side story
16. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Cole porter
Sally
Betty comden and adolph green
No
17. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
Julie Andrews
Frank Loesser
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
My Fair Lady
18. What show are -i wish i were in love again - where or when - my funny valentine - johnny one note - the lady is a tramp
Pal Joey
Babes in arms
Popular dance
Gypsy
19. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Agnes de mille
The doctor of alcantara
Timbuktu
American politics
20. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Tragedy
Parodied
The desert song
George and ira gershwin
21. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
Popular entertainments
Ethel merman
Meredith wilson
22. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon
Gypsy
Ethel merman
Agnes de mille
City dionysia
23. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
Costume designer
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
The merry widow
Playwright
24. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Guys and dolls
Victor herbert
25. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?
4th and 5th centuries bce
Damn yankees
Sally
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
26. Annie Oakley is from What show
Enzio pinza
Of thee i sing
Annie get your gun
Robin hood
27. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'
Rex Harrison
Bernstein and Sondheim
Girl crazy
Brigadoon
28. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing
No
American politics
Plato
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
29. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress
Mary rodgers
Stand by
Georges balanchine
The merry widow
30. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea
Entertainments
Richard d'oyly carte
A trip to chinatown
Once upon a mattress
31. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Gypsy
Comedies
Disappears
32. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
Meredith wilson
Female roles
Changing masks and costumes
Eliza Doolittle
33. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
Lowering
New comedy
The merry widow
Middle ages
34. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
On your toes and babes in arms
Female roles
My fair lady
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
35. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore
Oil lamps
Timbuktu
Professional perfomers
The romantic musicals
36. Pal Joey was written by...
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Popular dance
Oscar hammerstein II
Rodgers and Hart
37. Who wrote the music for show boat
Carousel
He was the producer
Jerome kern
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
38. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
Comedy
Swing
The student prince
The shows they came from
39. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
The book uncle toms cabin
Before common era
Romantic music
40. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
Agnes de mille
Stand by
Pal Joey
South pacific
41. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Marilyn Miller
Comedy
Singin in the rain
Oklahoma
42. What was the original name of West Side Story
East Side Story
Borrowed tunes
Oscar hammerstein
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
43. What are the three types of greek plays
Girl crazy
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Playwright
Political satire
44. What show is the song bewitched from
Pal Joey
Mulligan guards routines
John Hollingshead
Leonard bernstein
45. where did performers go
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Took to the streets and traveled -
The king and I
Tearly Roman empire
46. What is Bali H'ai from
Once upon a mattress
Once upon a mattress
Agnes de mille
South pacific
47. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show
The king and i
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
The student prince
48. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
On your toes and babes in arms
Michael Kidd
Of thee i sing
Gene kelly
49. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
Evangeline
George m. cohan
Harry tierney
A stevedore
50. F:who took over those roles
Same person
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Professional perfomers
The king and I