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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






2. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






3. G: How many lead actors were there?






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






5. G: how did they play female roles






6. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






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






9. Who made in dahomey unique






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






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






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






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






14. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






15. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






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






17. Laurie is from What show






18. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






19. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






20. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






21. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan






22. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






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






24. What is Bali H'ai from






25. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






26. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






27. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






28. What character are in anything goes






29. 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 ___________.






30. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya






31. What show is -the continental






32. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






33. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






34. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






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






36. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...






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






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






39. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






40. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






41. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






42. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?






43. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






44. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show






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






46. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






47. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






48. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






49. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






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