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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






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






3. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






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






5. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






6. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






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






8. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






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






10. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






11. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






12. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






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






14. Who writes the words to the songs?






15. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






16. Who wrote the music for show boat






17. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






18. Bloody Mary is from What show






19. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom






20. What was the continental






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






22. What character are in anything goes






23. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






24. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






25. Thespis ________ greek mythology






26. Who picks the actors?






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






28. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






29. ____________ presents men better than they are...






30. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






31. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






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






33. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






34. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






35. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






36. 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?






37. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






38. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






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






40. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






41. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






42. Who is the composer for wonderful town






43. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






44. What show is -love is sweeping the country






45. F:who took over those roles






46. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






47. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






48. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






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






50. In the show - but will cover multiple roles