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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. G: What is BCE same as
Rodgers and hammerstein
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
BC- before christ
Director
2. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
Gwen verdon
Comic opera had music and dialogue
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Betty comden and adolph green
3. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Mercenary mary
Composer
Oklahoma
Rebirth
4. 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
Thespis
My Fair Lady
The romantic musicals
Stephen sondheim
5. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
Irene
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Damn yankees
Ethel merman
6. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea
Once upon a mattress
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Carmen jones
The Threepenny Opera
7. What character are in anything goes
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
King Louis XIV
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
8. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
Kismet
None all men
George and ira gershwin
The belle of new york
9. Greek: 534 BCE
John Hollingshead
Official beginning of western theatre
Carousel
Marilyn Miller
10. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Producer
Anti-hero
Middle ages
11. 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
Carmen jones
Witty dialogue
Frank Loesser
Ray Bolger
12. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
The desert song
Mary Martin
New comedy
13. Pal Joey was written by...
A trip to chinatown
Rodgers and Hart
Candide
Meredith wilson
14. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
My Fair Lady
Stephen Sondheim
Carol Channing
Satyr plays
15. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Victor herbert
A stevedore
Kiss me - kate
Crazy for You
16. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing
American politics
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
The cotton blossom
Lowering
17. What show is- tea for two
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Robin hood
Director
No no nanette
18. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
Victor herbert
Conductor
Mercenary mary
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
19. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
Eliza Doolittle
Harrigan and hart
Commedia dell-arte
Disappears
20. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
Cole porter
Jerome robbins
Can-can
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
21. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Middle ages
Victor herbert
Enzio pinza
22. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
Commedia dell-arte
Tragedies
Guys and Dolls
Plato
23. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
The belle of new york
Candide
South pacific
Victor herbert
24. Laurie is from What show
Leonard bernstein
Oklahoma
Director
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
25. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Adonis
Spectacle
Cole porter
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
26. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?
Public enemy no. 13
Playwright
Cole porter
Mercenary mary
27. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Director
Gertrude Lawrence
Comic opera
Parodied
28. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Kiss me - Kate
The mikado
Richard rodgers
29. 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
The romantic musicals
Gwen verdon
South pacific
Composer
30. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
Crazy for you
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
The doctor of alcantara
Director
31. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
A contrived ending
Gypsy
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Kiss me - kate
32. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy
Oklahoma
Moliere
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Kiss me - kate
33. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Yul Brenner
Leonard Bernstein
Agnes de Mille
Director
34. What was the setting for Kismet
Ancient baghdad
Conductor
Libretto
Robin hood
35. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Meredith wilson
The Threepenny opera
James michener
36. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
Lowering
Oh Kay
He was the producer
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
37. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
My Fair Lady
Romantic
Ancient baghdad
38. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes
Gypsy
Patriotic
Cole porter
Agnes de Mille
39. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
Playwright
Kiss me - Kate
John Hollingshead
The merry widow
40. Who wrote the music for show boat
Oscar hammerstein II
Frank Loesser
Ethel merman
Jerome kern
41. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Oil lamps
Romantic music
Kiss me - Kate
Agnes de mille
42. What comic duo was the show centered around
Radio city music hall
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Producer
Bert williams and george walker
43. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...
44. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Producer
Moliere
Brigadoon
Lyricist
45. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Adonis
He was the producer
Agnes de Mille
46. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Jerome kern
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
The merry widow
Director
47. Billy Bigelow is form What show
Gestures and poses
Carousel
Lowering
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
48. What was the continental
Popular dance
Public enemy no. 13
Tragedy
Burlesqued
49. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Singin in the rain
Jerome kern
South pacific
50. Pal Joey was written by...
Rodgers and Hart
The merry widow
No no nanette
Timbuktu