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Musical Theatre

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






2. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






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






4. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






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






6. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






7. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






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






9. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






10. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






11. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






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






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






14. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






15. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






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






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






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






19. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






20. Who wrote the music for show boat






21. What comic duo was the show centered around






22. What comic duo was the show centered around






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






24. What show is the song bewitched from






25. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






26. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period






27. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






28. What show is -love is sweeping the country






29. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






30. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






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






32. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






33. Bloody Mary is from What show






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






35. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






36. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






37. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






38. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






39. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






40. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






41. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






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






44. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






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






46. Lotte Lenya is from What show






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






48. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






49. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






50. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?