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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






2. 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?






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






4. Where they fly things on stage






5. Who is the composer of the music man






6. Who is the star of Sally






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. What is a 'pasticcio' score






14. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






15. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






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






17. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






18. Thespis ________ greek mythology






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






20. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






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






22. Who is the composer for wonderful town






23. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






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






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






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






27. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






28. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






29. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






30. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?






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






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






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






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






35. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






36. What show is i want to be happy






37. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






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






39. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






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






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






42. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






43. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






44. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






45. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






46. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






47. Who was the choreographer for carousel






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






49. 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?






50. What comic duo was the show centered around






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