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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the continental
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Jerome kern
Carol Channing
Popular dance
2. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Flutes - lyres
John Hollingshead
Plato
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
3. What was a 'claquer?'
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
The pajama game
Composer
Victor herbert
4. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?
New comedy
Orchestration
Producer
He died in 1937
5. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
Mercenary mary
Ethel merman
War
Stephen sondheim
6. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Betty comden and adolph green
Mary Martin
Agnes de mille
7. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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8. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
The savoy operas
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Guys and Dolls
9. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
The romantic musicals
No no nanette
Victor herbert
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
10. Laurie is from What show
Oklahoma
Robin hood
Gestures and poses
Leonard bernstein
11. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
George m. cohan
Kismet
The cotton blossom
Oil lamps
12. __________ presents men worse than they are...
Parodied
Comedy
Leonard bernstein
Jule Styne
13. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
Oscar hammerstein
Playwright
Ray bolger
The belle of new york
14. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Angel
John Hollingshead
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The king and i
15. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Parodied
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
South pacific
Kiss me - kate
16. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
Jerome kern
The cotton blossom
South pacific
Agnes de mille
17. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
Lerner and Loewe
He died in 1937
Voice type
Popular entertainments
18. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?
Public enemy no. 13
Fly loft
Popular entertainments
Victor herbert
19. where did performers go
Burlesqued
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Took to the streets and traveled -
20. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Female roles
Singin in the rain
Once upon a mattress
Set designer
21. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
Victor herbert
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Lerner and Loewe
A trip to chinatown
22. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Angel
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Jule Styne
23. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Horace
Producer
The Threepenny Opera
24. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
The king and I
Burlesqued
Harrigan and hart
Oscar hammerstein
25. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Changing masks and costumes
City dionysia
Before common era
Lowering
26. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
Ethel merman
Ancient baghdad
Female roles
Leonard bernstein
27. Who is the composer of the King and I
Brigadoon
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Richard rodgers
Leonard bernstein
28. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon
American politics
The doctor of alcantara
The marx brothers
Agnes de Mille
29. Pal Joey was written by...
Jerome kern
The music man
Cole Porter
Rodgers and Hart
30. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Agnes de mille
On the town
Costume designer
Mama rose
31. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots
Political satire
Commedia dell-arte
Spectacle
Cleverly concoted
32. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Thespis
Damn yankees
Victor herbert
Brigadoon
33. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
The Sound of Music
Stand by
Plato
Set designer
34. Who wrote Oh - Kay?
On your toes
George gershwin
Threepenny opera
Crazy for You
35. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific
Enzio pinza
Kismet
If i loved you
Can-can
36. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Horace
Popular dance
Restoration
Oscar hammerstein II
37. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
The merry widow
Guys and Dolls
Ray bolger
Producer
38. 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?
Crazy for you
Playwright
Stephen Sondheim
The belle of new york
39. G: how did they play female roles
Changing masks and costumes
Mercenary mary
Librettist
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
40. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Cleverly concoted
Jule Styne
Female roles
The doctor of alcantara
41. What instruments accompanied the dancing
The king and i
Flutes - lyres
King Louis XIV
Comic opera had music and dialogue
42. G: Greek actors had...
Intense training
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Director
My fair lady
43. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?
Gertrude Lawrence
None all men
Libretto
Patriotic
44. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Popular entertainments
A trip to chinatown
Angel
Moliere
45. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Timbuktu
Satyr plays
Mama rose
46. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy
Patriotic
HMS pinafore
Gypsy
Stephen sondheim
47. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Cole Porter
The puritans took control of the governmetn
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Ethel merman
48. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Political satire
Carol Channing
Of thee i sing
Babes in arms
49. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
The romantic musicals
Jerome Robbins
50. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Oil lamps
St. Augustine
Gene kelly