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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






2. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






3. Who hires the creative team for a production?






4. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






5. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






6. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






7. What show is the song bewitched from






8. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






9. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






10. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






11. What are the three types of greek plays






12. Laurie's dream ballet






13. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






14. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






15. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






16. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






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






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






19. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






20. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






21. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






22. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






23. 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'






24. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse






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






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






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






28. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






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






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. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






32. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






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






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






35. Who is the composer for on the town






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






37. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






38. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






39. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






41. What was the setting for Kismet






42. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






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






44. What was a 'claquer?'






45. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






46. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






47. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






48. What show is -the continental






49. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?






50. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma