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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
If i loved you
Lerner and Loewe
Jule Styne
2. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.
Bernstein and Sondheim
Gypsy
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Gene kelly
3. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays
The Sound of Music
Greeks
Borrowed tunes
South pacific
4. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
BC
George m. cohan
Rose marie
5. Lotte Lenya is from What show
Mary rodgers
The Threepenny Opera
South pacific
Agnes de mille
6. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Commedia dell-arte
South pacific
Annie get your gun
7. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
Damn yankees
Cole porter
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Radio city music hall
8. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
The shows they came from
Sally
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
9. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
Annie get your gun
The merry widow
James michener
Jerome Robbins
10. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period
Spectacle
South pacific
Parodied
Commedia dell-arte
11. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'
Commedia dell-arte
The metropolitan opera
Deus ex machina
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
12. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
Swing
Carol Channing
South pacific
City dionysia
13. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
The new moon
Pal Joey
Lyricist
14. 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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15. What show is -i got rhythm
The cotton blossom
Jerome robbins
Girl crazy
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
16. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero
Pants role or trousers role
Crazy for You
Stephen sondheim
Damn yankees
17. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Rebirth
The doctor of alcantara
Spectacle
Guys and dolls
18. G: What is BCE same as
False it was stylized
Cleverly concoted
Radio city music hall
BC- before christ
19. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
Pal Joey
Conductor
Timbuktu
None all men
20. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea
Producer
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Once upon a mattress
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
21. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Anti-hero
Witty dialogue
Leonard Bernstein
22. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Singin in the rain
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Good news
Ethel merman
23. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I
Radio city music hall
Thespis
Gertrude Lawrence
Leonard bernstein
24. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
George and Ira Gershwin
Betty comden and adolph green
Victor herbert
25. What are the three types of greek plays
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Sally
City dionysia
Bernstein and Sondheim
26. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
Of thee i sing
West side story
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Spectacle
27. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Rodgers and Hart
The Threepenny Opera
Restoration
Spectacle
28. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Music man
Producer
The savoy operas
29. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
Official beginning of western theatre
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Cole Porter
30. Annie Oakley is from What show
Tragedy
The Threepenny opera
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Annie get your gun
31. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
South pacific
Threepenny opera
King Louis XIV
Borrowed tunes
32. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
The pajama game
Jerome robbins
Director
The cotton blossom
33. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters
The Threepenny opera
Comedies
HMS pinafore
Anti-hero
34. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
He died in 1937
35. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Robin hood
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Librettist
36. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem
Gwen verdon
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
No no nanette
Producer
37. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees
HMS pinafore
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
38. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Babes in arms
Mary Martin
Thespis
Rebirth
39. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show
Eliza Doolittle
Ethel merman
Oklahoma
Kiss me - kate
40. Where they fly things on stage
The savoy operas
Fly loft
Singin in the rain
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
41. What is a 'pasticcio' score
Anything goes
The king and i
Borrowed tunes
Jerome robbins
42. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by
Georges balanchine
Bob Fosse
George m. cohan
Singin in the rain
43. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show
Voice type
My Fair Lady
BC
Brigadoon
44. Laurie is from What show
Irene
Oklahoma
Swing
Adonis
45. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
Carol Channing
The cotton blossom
Georges balanchine
Anything goes
46. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Can-can
Victor herbert
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
47. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Popular entertainments and comic opera
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Disappears
Leonard bernstein
48. F:who took over those roles
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Professional perfomers
Moved indoors
Sally
49. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Oh Kay
He was the producer
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
50. Who wrote Oh - Kay?
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Cole porter
Ray bolger
George gershwin