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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Guys and Dolls
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Before common era
East Side Story
2. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
Jule Styne
George m. cohan
Irving Berlin
Pants role or trousers role
3. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz
No no nanette
Ray Bolger
Richard rodgers
Girl crazy
4. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Ray Bolger
Producer
John Gay
Flutes - lyres
5. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Gertrude Lawrence
John Hollingshead
Gwen verdon
Restoration
6. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
Producer
Producer
Gertrude Lawrence
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
7. G: What does BCE mean?
Before common era
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Agnes de mille
George m. cohan
8. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons
Tearly Roman empire
Tragedies
False it was stylized
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
9. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
Comedy
Billy bigelow
The Threepenny opera
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
10. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Cole Porter
The mikado
Carmen jones
Mulligan guards routines
11. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady
Burlesqued
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Rex Harrison
He died in 1937
12. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show
Comic opera
Billy bigelow
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Crazy for You
13. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show
Gestures and poses
Gestures and poses
Gypsy
Moved indoors
14. What are the three types of greek plays
The shows they came from
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
The metropolitan opera
Meredith wilson
15. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Jerome Robbins
Mercenary mary
Satyr plays
16. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers
Commedia dell-arte
George and ira gershwin
The Sound of Music
Pageant wagons and mansions
17. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?
The book
George m. cohan
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
18. F:who took over those roles
Jule Styne
Professional perfomers
Cleverly concoted
Gypsy
19. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
New comedy
Crazy for You
Sally
20. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Can-can
Oklahoma
George gershwin
Orchestration
21. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
Jerome robbins
Same person
Brigadoon
No no nanette
22. What was the name of the show boat in show boat
The cotton blossom
Victor herbert
The marx brothers
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
23. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?
Disappears
Masks and costumes
Threepenny opera
None all men
24. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Gene kelly
Mama rose
Commedia dell-arte
George and Ira Gershwin
25. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Gypsy
My fair lady
Oklahoma
George m. cohan
26. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The new moon
Producer
Betty comden and adolph green
27. What show is -the continental
Thespis
Mercenary mary
Guys and dolls
George gershwin
28. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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29. Who writes the words to the songs?
The king and i
Lyricist
Political satire
George and ira gershwin
30. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Spectacle
Pageant wagons and mansions
Kiss me - kate
31. What was another international hit of the late 1890s
Julie Andrews
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
The belle of new york
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
32. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Lerner and Loewe
Robin hood
Gene kelly
Betty comden and adolph green
33. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
Plato
Enzio pinza
Pal Joey
His 'confessions'
34. G: The chorus usually had _____ members
Mary martin
Agnes de Mille
Producer
24
35. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Cleverly concoted
Mary Martin
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Yul Brenner
36. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
No no nanette
South pacific
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
James michener
37. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Costume designer
Once upon a mattress
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
38. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Georges balanchine
Timbuktu
War
39. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Of thee i sing
Victor herbert
40. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady
Rex Harrison
Gypsy
Political satire
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
41. What character are in anything goes
Oscar hammerstein
Rebirth
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Irving Berlin
42. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
South pacific
Ethel merman
4th and 5th centuries bce
King Louis XIV
43. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
He was the producer
Stand by
Rose marie
Popular entertainments
44. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Comedies
Before common era
Singin in the rain
Playwright
45. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
George and ira gershwin
Anything goes
John Gay
46. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes
Agnes de Mille
The savoy operas
Cole porter
Adonis
47. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company
Evangeline
King Louis XIV
Anything goes
The metropolitan opera
48. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
Guys and Dolls
Kiss me - Kate
Entertainments
South pacific
49. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
Meredith wilson
Plato
Gwen verdon
Political satire
50. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.
The shows they came from
On your toes and babes in arms
James michener
False it was stylized