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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






2. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






3. What comic duo was the show centered around






4. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






5. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






6. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






7. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






9. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






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






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






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






13. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






14. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






15. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






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






17. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






18. 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 ___________.






19. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






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






21. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






22. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






23. Who is the composer of the music man






24. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....






25. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






26. What show is the song bewitched from






27. Who picks the actors?






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






29. Laurie is from What show






30. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






31. Annie Oakley is from What show






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






33. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






34. What team wrote the Sound of music






35. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






36. What instruments accompanied the dancing






37. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






38. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






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






40. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






41. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






42. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






43. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






44. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






45. 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?






46. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






47. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






48. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






49. Who is the star of Sally






50. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents