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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






2. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






3. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






4. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






5. G: What does BCE mean?






6. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






7. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






8. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






9. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






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






11. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






12. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






13. What characters are in show boat

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






15. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






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






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






18. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






19. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






20. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






21. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






22. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






23. Laurie's dream ballet






24. Lotte Lenya is from What show






25. What was the continental






26. Who wrote the music for show boat






27. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






28. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






29. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






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






31. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






32. Who is the composer of the King and I






33. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






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






35. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






36. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






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

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38. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






39. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






40. What characters are in show boat

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41. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy






42. Who is the composer of Candide






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






44. G: How many lead actors were there?






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






46. What is a 'pasticcio' score






47. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






48. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






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






50. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'