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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Oscar hammerstein II
Cole porter
Spectacle
2. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
Yul Brenner
The mikado
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Gypsy
3. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
George and Ira Gershwin
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Mama rose
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
4. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show
Robin hood
Popular dance
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
My fair lady
5. Roman theatre: Women performed in...
War
State
No no nanette
Mimes
6. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?
Oh Kay
Libretto
Playwright
Ethel merman
7. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Director
Set designer
Jule Styne
8. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show
My Fair Lady
State
Frank Loesser
Pants role or trousers role
9. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show
My Fair Lady
Gypsy
Can-can
Oklahoma
10. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?
Betty comden and adolph green
Moved indoors
Director
The music man
11. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Ethel merman
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
12. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Leonard bernstein
Ethel merman
Oh Kay
13. G: Who paid the salaries of actors
State
Stephen sondheim
The marx brothers
Timbuktu
14. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Angel
Producer
Tragedy
Burlesqued
15. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story
On your toes and babes in arms
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Bernstein and Sondheim
Damn yankees
16. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show
Commedia dell-arte
Commedia dell-arte
West side story
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
17. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Leonard Bernstein
His 'confessions'
Playwright
Mercenary mary
18. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
Romantic music
Adonis
Can-can
Oklahoma
19. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Jule Styne
Leonard Bernstein
Once upon a mattress
Pageant wagons and mansions
20. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
Frank Loesser
Deus ex machina
Deus ex machina
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
21. Who is the composer of the King and I
Richard rodgers
Director
Libretto
The music man
22. Who was the choreographer for carousel
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Agnes de mille
Evangeline
Rebirth
23. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon
Damn yankees
Leonard Bernstein
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Adonis
24. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Meredith wilson
Richard d'oyly carte
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
25. Who wrote the music for show boat
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Parodied
Mercenary mary
Jerome kern
26. What instruments accompanied the dancing
Flutes - lyres
Entertainments
Patriotic
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
27. What was the original name of West Side Story
The pajama game
Richard d'oyly carte
Can-can
East Side Story
28. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'
Director
Horace
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Irene
29. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Before common era
Cole porter
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
3 to 5
30. What instruments accompanied the dancing
Flutes - lyres
The shows they came from
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
31. G: in which centuries were these festivals held
4th and 5th centuries bce
Catholic church
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Gertrude Lawrence
32. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?
Betty comden and adolph green
Victor herbert
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Guys and Dolls
33. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Betty comden and adolph green
Agnes de mille
Cole Porter
Michael Kidd
34. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Radio city music hall
Costume designer
He died in 1937
Comic opera
35. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
The doctor of alcantara
Tearly Roman empire
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
36. Greek: 534 BCE
Commedia dell-arte
Official beginning of western theatre
Leonard bernstein
John Gay
37. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________
Of thee i sing
On the town
Gertrude lawrence
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
38. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Robin hood
Irene
Michael Kidd
39. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays
Greeks
Popular entertainments
Cleverly concoted
Female roles
40. What was the continental
Popular dance
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
The music man
Nine
41. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?
Popular entertainments
Leonard bernstein
False- it was considred a romantic musical
New comedy
42. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Commedia dell-arte
The pajama game
Enzio pinza
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
43. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated
Julie Andrews
Victor herbert
Rose marie
Political satire
44. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Music director
Rex Harrison
Ancient baghdad
45. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
Ancient baghdad
Witty dialogue
Irving Berlin
Nine
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47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
The new moon
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Carousel
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
48. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Leonard Bernstein
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Mama rose
Betty comden and adolph green
49. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas
East Side Story
The mikado
Aristotle
Rodgers and hammerstein
50. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion
Popular dance
My fair lady
War
South pacific