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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Pal Joey was written by...






2. What show is the song bewitched from






3. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






4. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






5. 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?






6. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






7. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






8. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






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






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






12. Billy Bigelow is form What show






13. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






14. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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15. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






16. G: Male actors played...






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






18. 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






19. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






20. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






21. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






22. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






23. What show is 'broadway melody' from






24. Who wrote the music for show boat






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






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






27. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






28. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






29. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






30. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






31. What was the setting for Kismet






32. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






33. Pal Joey was written by...






34. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.






35. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






36. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






37. What is Bali H'ai from






38. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






39. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






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






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






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






43. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






44. Who picks the actors?






45. What was Oh Kays most famous song






46. Who stages the dances?






47. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






48. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






49. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






50. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?







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