Test your basic knowledge |

Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






2. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






4. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






5. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






6. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






7. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






8. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...


9. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






10. ____________ presents men better than they are...






11. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.






12. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






13. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






14. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






15. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






16. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






17. Mama rose is from What show






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






19. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






20. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






21. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






22. Who is the composer of the King and I






23. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






24. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






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






26. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






27. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






28. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






29. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






30. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.






31. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






32. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






33. Who is the composer for on the town






34. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






35. What show is -i got rhythm






36. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






37. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






38. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






39. Who is the star of sweet charity






40. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






42. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






43. What is a 'pasticcio' score






44. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






45. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






46. Who composed the music for Irene






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






48. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






49. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






50. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'