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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






2. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






3. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical






4. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move






5. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






6. Who is the composer of Can-Can






7. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






8. What was the continental






9. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






10. Laurie is from What show






11. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






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






13. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






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






15. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






16. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe






17. What was the original name of West Side Story






18. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






19. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






20. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






21. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






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






23. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






24. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






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






26. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






27. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






28. G: Male actors played...






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






30. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






32. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move






33. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






34. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






35. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






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






37. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






38. Thespis ________ greek mythology






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






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






41. What team wrote the Sound of music






42. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






43. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






44. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






45. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






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






47. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






48. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






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






50. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....