Test your basic knowledge |

Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






2. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






3. Who is the composer of Can-Can






4. Who is the composer of the King and I






5. What does 'renaissance' mean






6. 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






7. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






8. What show is -the continental






9. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'






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






11. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






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






13. What show is- tea for two






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






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






16. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






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






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






19. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






20. Who is the star of Sally






21. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






22. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






23. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






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






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






26. where did performers go






27. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






28. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






29. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






30. Commedia performers used...






31. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






32. What was Oh Kays most famous song






33. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






34. Lotte Lenya is from What show






35. What comic duo was the show centered around






36. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa






37. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan






38. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






39. What was Oh Kays most famous song






40. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






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






42. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse






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






44. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






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






46. What show are -i wish i were in love again - where or when - my funny valentine - johnny one note - the lady is a tramp






47. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






49. What show are -i wish i were in love again - where or when - my funny valentine - johnny one note - the lady is a tramp






50. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?