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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. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






2. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






3. What show is -i got rhythm






4. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






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






6. Who wrote the music for show boat






7. 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'






8. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






9. Who writes the words to the songs?






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






11. What is a person who writes a libretto called...






12. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






13. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






15. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






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






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






18. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






19. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






20. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






21. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






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






23. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






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






25. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






26. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






27. where did performers go






28. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






29. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






30. 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?






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






32. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






33. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






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






35. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






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






37. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






38. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






39. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






40. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






41. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






42. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






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






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






45. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






46. G: What is BCE same as






47. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






48. Who is the composer of Can-Can






49. Where they fly things on stage






50. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what