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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
A trip to chinatown
Ethel merman
The book
Same person
2. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
Public enemy no. 13
Comedy
The merry widow
Orchestration
3. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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4. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes
Thespis
Producer
On the town
Marilyn Miller
5. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz
South pacific
Ray Bolger
State
Mary rodgers
6. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...
Tragedies
A stevedore
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
A contrived ending
7. Who is the composer for music man
Comic opera
Marilyn Miller
The shows they came from
Meredith wilson
8. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas
Disappears
The pajama game
False- it was considred a romantic musical
The mikado
9. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
George and Ira Gershwin
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Jule Styne
Kurt Weill
10. Mama rose is from What show
Bernstein and Sondheim
Robin hood
Jerome kern
Gypsy
11. Who is the composer for wonderful town
The student prince
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Leonard bernstein
Julie Andrews
12. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Satyr plays
Guys and Dolls
Director
13. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
James michener
Librettist
George gershwin
14. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
Conductor
Jerome kern
The shows they came from
Adonis
15. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
A trip to chinatown
West side story
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
James michener
16. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady
Lerner and Loewe
Guys and dolls
I got rhythm
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
17. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?
Romantic music
Crazy for you
Billy bigelow
Oscar hammerstein II
18. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show
Gestures and poses
The Sound of Music
Libretto
A stevedore
19. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Meredith wilson
No no nanette
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
20. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
Same person
War
No no nanette
Cole porter
21. G: how did they play female roles
Mercenary mary
Changing masks and costumes
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
The king and I
22. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show
Meredith wilson
Playwright
Mimes
Gypsy
23. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
The puritans took control of the governmetn
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
George m. cohan
Court nobility
24. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs
Swing
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Bert williams and george walker
James michener
25. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it
A contrived ending
Robin hood
HMS pinafore
Catholic church
26. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar
Commedia dell-arte
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
South pacific
27. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
24
Jule Styne
Aristotle
George and Ira Gershwin
28. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people
Comedies
The marx brothers
Music man
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
29. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey
Gwen verdon
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Disappears
Billy bigelow
30. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?
Ballet and modern dance
Ray Bolger
Agnes de mille
Robin hood
31. Commedia performers used...
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Slapsticks
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
South pacific
32. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
Comedies
Female roles
Angel
Popular entertainments
33. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________
Permissiveness and crazes
George gershwin
Carousel
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
34. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
American dance music
Kiss me - kate
Comic opera had music and dialogue
Comedy
35. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes
Ethel merman
Stephen sondheim
Gestures and poses
South pacific
36. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy
Agnes de mille
Mercenary mary
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
New comedy
37. Commedia performers used...
The king and i
Slapsticks
No no nanette
Michael Kidd
38. Professional spotlight was developed in the...
Michael Kidd
Gypsy
Damn yankees
Middle ages
39. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?
Gertrude lawrence
Commedia dell-arte
Composer
Mary rodgers
40. Laurie's dream ballet
Victor herbert
Yul Brenner
Oklahoma
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
41. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show
Robin hood
Jerome kern
Ballet and modern dance
My fair lady
42. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Harry tierney
West side story
The shows they came from
Athens
43. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
Agnes de mille
George and ira gershwin
Pal Joey
False- it was considred a romantic musical
44. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
Plato
Gwen verdon
My fair lady
James michener
45. What show is -i got rhythm
Girl crazy
Richard d'oyly carte
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
46. Who hires the creative team for a production?
If i loved you
Oil lamps
Producer
Gertrude Lawrence
47. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
My fair lady
Romantic music
Carmen jones
48. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Once upon a mattress
Mercenary mary
Oklahoma
Middle ages
49. Greek: 534 BCE
Rex Harrison
Official beginning of western theatre
Guys and dolls
Stand by
50. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
Oklahoma
I got rhythm
No no nanette
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931