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Musical Theatre
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1. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
Female roles
On the town
American dance music
Ethel merman
2. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Commedia dell-arte
Jule Styne
City dionysia
Annie get your gun
3. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
The doctor of alcantara
False it was stylized
Parodied
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
4. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'
Took to the streets and traveled -
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Harrigan and hart
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
5. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Jule Styne
Harrigan and hart
St. Augustine
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
6. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots
Masks and costumes
Carmen jones
Cleverly concoted
Meredith wilson
7. What show is- tea for two
No no nanette
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
The cotton blossom
Billy bigelow
8. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
John Gay
Ethel merman
Gypsy
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
9. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
South pacific
Agnes de mille
Oscar hammerstein
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
10. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
Bert williams and george walker
Yul Brenner
Radio city music hall
I got rhythm
11. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
South pacific
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Jule Styne
King Louis XIV
12. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
Producer
Comic opera had music and dialogue
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Oscar hammerstein
13. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
Ethel merman
4th and 5th centuries bce
Damn yankees
Gertrude Lawrence
14. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Patriotic
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Restoration
Anti-hero
15. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
I got rhythm
Pants role or trousers role
The marx brothers
Romantic music
16. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
A trip to chinatown
Commedia dell-arte
Michael Kidd
Lyricist
17. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors
My Fair Lady
Jule Styne
Conductor
Director
18. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
Mary Martin
Gwen verdon
Witty dialogue
Of thee i sing
19. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Crazy for You
Restoration
Mercenary mary
The serenade and the fortune teller
20. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
South pacific
Pal Joey
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
21. 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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22. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Parodied
My fair lady
Meredith wilson
George m. cohan
23. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
Disappears
The king and I
The shows they came from
Fly loft
24. G: What is BCE same as
Bob Fosse
George m. cohan
BC- before christ
The romantic musicals
25. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by
George m. cohan
Georges balanchine
On your toes
Stephen Sondheim
26. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town
On your toes
John Gay
Betty comden and adolph green
The Sound of Music
27. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
Agnes de mille
Lyricist
Rodgers and Hart
Set designer
28. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera
Ethel merman
Comic opera had music and dialogue
New comedy
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
29. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Annie get your gun
Gene kelly
Mary rodgers
Burlesqued
30. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Anti-hero
The desert song
Satyr plays
31. Who made in dahomey unique
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Cole Porter
Mimes
32. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
King Louis XIV
Producer
My Fair Lady
33. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
Leonard bernstein
Director
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Swing
34. What was another international hit of the late 1890s
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
The king and I
The belle of new york
35. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
Lerner and Loewe
Nine
The music man
The music man
36. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy
Victor herbert
Moliere
The book
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
37. Pal Joey was written by...
Rodgers and Hart
Oklahoma
Tragedy
Julie Andrews
38. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore
Harrigan and hart
City dionysia
Kiss me - Kate
Timbuktu
39. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
A contrived ending
Oklahoma
Brigadoon
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
40. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Michael Kidd
Irving Berlin
The doctor of alcantara
Popular entertainments
41. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
The Sound of Music
Producer
Cole Porter
Victor herbert
42. F:who took over those roles
Moved indoors
Angel
Carmen jones
Professional perfomers
43. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Mary Martin
Commedia dell-arte
Richard rodgers
Girl crazy
44. Who is the composer for on the town
Leonard bernstein
Spectacle
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
He was the producer
45. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
4th and 5th centuries bce
Richard d'oyly carte
Set designer
The puritans took control of the governmetn
46. What character are in anything goes
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Fly loft
Mary martin
Robin hood
47. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it
Catholic church
Female roles
Athens
Agnes de mille
48. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
Threepenny opera
South pacific
Flutes - lyres
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
49. Laurie's dream ballet
The merry widow
Oklahoma
Anti-hero
Same person
50. Who was the choreographer for carousel
Agnes de mille
Mary rodgers
Can-can
The metropolitan opera
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