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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






2. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






3. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






4. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






5. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






6. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






7. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






8. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






9. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






10. Laurie is from What show






11. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






12. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






13. G: What is BCE same as






14. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






15. What was the setting for Kismet






16. What show is 'broadway melody' from






17. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






18. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






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






20. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






21. What is another name for the book and lyrics






22. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy






23. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






24. What was the 1927 musical about college life






25. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






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






27. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






28. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






29. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






30. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






31. Who picks the actors?






32. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






33. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






34. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






35. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






36. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






37. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






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






39. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






40. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






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






42. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






43. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






44. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






45. 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






46. where did performers go






47. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






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






49. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






50. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters