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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






2. G: What is BCE same as






3. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






5. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today






6. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






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






8. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality

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9. What is a 'pasticcio' score






10. 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






11. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






12. G: how did they play female roles






13. Who is the composer of the music man






14. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






15. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






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






17. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






18. G: how did they play female roles






19. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






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






21. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






22. Who is the composer of Can-Can






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






24. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






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






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






27. Who is the composer of the music man






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






29. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






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






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






32. Who picks the actors?






33. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






34. Laurie is from What show






35. What show is -love is sweeping the country






36. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






37. What character are in anything goes






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






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






40. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






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






42. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






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






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






45. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






46. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






47. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






48. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






49. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






50. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?