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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






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






3. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






4. Who stages the dances?






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






6. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






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






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






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






10. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






11. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






12. where did performers go






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






14. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






15. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






16. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






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






18. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






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






20. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






21. Who is the composer of the King and I






22. What show is -i got rhythm






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






24. What character are in anything goes






25. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






26. 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 ___________.






27. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






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






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






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






31. What are the three types of greek plays






32. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






33. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical






34. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






35. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






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






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






38. Bloody Mary is from What show






39. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






40. Laurie is from What show






41. What was a 'claquer?'






42. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






43. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






44. Who is the star of sweet charity






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






46. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






47. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






48. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






49. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






50. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'