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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






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






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






4. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






5. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






6. Greek: 534 BCE






7. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






8. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






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






10. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






11. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






12. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






13. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






14. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






15. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






16. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






17. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






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






20. Who is the composer of the King and I






21. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






22. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






23. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






24. G: how did they play female roles






25. Thespis ________ greek mythology






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






27. Who is the composer of the King and I






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






29. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






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






31. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






32. What was the original name of West Side Story






33. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






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






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






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






37. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






38. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






39. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






40. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






41. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






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






43. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






44. Who is the star of sweet charity






45. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






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






47. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






48. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






49. Pal Joey was written by...






50. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim