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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






2. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






3. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






4. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






6. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






7. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






8. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






9. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






11. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






12. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






13. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






14. 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






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






16. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






17. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






18. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






19. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






20. Who is the star of Sally






21. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show






22. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






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






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






25. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






26. Who is the composer of the music man






27. Who is the composer of Can-Can






28. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






29. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






30. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?






31. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






32. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






33. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






34. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






35. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






36. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






37. Who is the composer for music man






38. 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 ___________.






39. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






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






41. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






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






43. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






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






45. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






46. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






47. What are the three types of greek plays






48. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






49. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






50. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones