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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






2. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






3. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






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






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






6. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






7. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






8. What comic duo was the show centered around






9. What show is i want to be happy






10. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






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






12. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






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






14. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina






15. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






16. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






17. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






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






19. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






20. 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






21. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






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






24. Who is the composer for on the town






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






26. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






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






28. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






29. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






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






31. What was the original name of West Side Story






32. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






33. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






34. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






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






36. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






37. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






38. Commedia performers used...






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






40. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






41. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






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






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






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






45. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






46. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






47. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






49. 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






50. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town