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Musical Theatre
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1. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
I got rhythm
Lerner and Loewe
On your toes
On your toes and babes in arms
2. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
George m. cohan
Commedia dell-arte
Agnes de mille
3. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
Same person
False- it was considred a romantic musical
The king and i
The book
4. What show is- tea for two
No no nanette
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The book uncle toms cabin
He died in 1937
5. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Satyr plays
New comedy
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
6. __________ presents men worse than they are...
Damn yankees
The king and i
Comedy
Guys and Dolls
7. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
Popular entertainments
Can-can
Masks and costumes
Jule Styne
8. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
Satyr plays
Richard d'oyly carte
New comedy
John Hollingshead
9. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Gwen verdon
Choreographer
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
10. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel
Leonard Bernstein
Billy bigelow
The music man
Tragedies
11. What was Oh Kays most famous song
Public enemy no. 13
Someone to watch over me
Gypsy
Producer
12. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Kiss me - kate
Gertrude Lawrence
The belle of new york
Music man
13. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Bert williams and george walker
Michael Kidd
Comedy
Anything goes
14. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show
The king and i
King Louis XIV
The Sound of Music
Ethel merman
15. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?
My Fair Lady
Spectacle
Plato
Sally
16. 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?
The romantic musicals
The mikado
Crazy for you
None all men
17. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
East Side Story
Meredith wilson
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
18. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'
Entertainments
Romantic
Jerome kern
The mikado
19. Who stages the dances?
The serenade and the fortune teller
Marilyn Miller
Swing
Choreographer
20. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera
Comic opera had music and dialogue
Kiss me - kate
Agnes de Mille
Lerner and Loewe
21. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s
Nine
Lerner and Loewe
South pacific
Georges balanchine
22. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
On your toes and babes in arms
Commedia dell-arte
Lerner and Loewe
Can-can
23. Who is the star of sweet charity
Gwen verdon
The book uncle toms cabin
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Patriotic
24. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette
The romantic musicals
City dionysia
Kismet
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
25. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Agnes de Mille
Tearly Roman empire
Rebirth
Of thee i sing
26. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
I got rhythm
Richard rodgers
The merry widow
A contrived ending
27. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
Set designer
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Jerome robbins
Same person
28. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Director
Rodgers and hammerstein
Annie get your gun
Bert williams and george walker
29. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
Angel
Permissiveness and crazes
Tragedies
If i loved you
30. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Pal Joey
Damn yankees
George m. cohan
Intense training
31. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
On your toes and babes in arms
Romantic
Choreographer
Guys and Dolls
32. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II
Carmen jones
Librettist
Ethel merman
Pageant wagons and mansions
33. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
Babes in arms
The romantic musicals
Romantic
Slapsticks
34. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Borrowed tunes
Aristotle
Kiss me - kate
Producer
35. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
Candide
On your toes and babes in arms
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
I got rhythm
36. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Julie Andrews
The merry widow
Kiss me - Kate
On the town
37. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Carol Channing
Babes in arms
The music man
38. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
Leonard bernstein
Oh Kay
Kurt Weill
Jule Styne
39. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Good news
Music man
Jule Styne
40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Michael Kidd
Libretto
Gestures and poses
41. What are the three types of greek plays
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Anything goes
42. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Of thee i sing
Set designer
Rodgers and Hart
Mary Martin
43. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
Witty dialogue
Rodgers and Hart
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Rex Harrison
44. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Public enemy no. 13
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
45. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
The Threepenny opera
Greeks
Once upon a mattress
Comic opera
46. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?
Professional perfomers
The merry widow
Guys and dolls
Greeks
47. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
Kismet
War
The pajama game
George m. cohan
48. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
Borrowed tunes
On your toes and babes in arms
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Music director
49. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel
George gershwin
Guys and dolls
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
50. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
American dance music
Carol Channing
Tearly Roman empire
Witty dialogue
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