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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






2. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






3. Billy Bigelow is form What show






4. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






5. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






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


7. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






8. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






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






10. What characters are in show boat


11. Who picks the actors?






12. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






13. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






14. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






15. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






17. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






18. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






19. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






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






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






22. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






23. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






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






25. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






26. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






27. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






28. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






29. Who stages the dances?






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






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






32. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






33. Who made in dahomey unique






34. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






35. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






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






37. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






38. What are the three types of greek plays






39. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






41. G: What is BCE same as






42. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






43. What show is- tea for two






44. What was a 'claquer?'






45. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






46. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






47. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






48. G: Greek actors had...






49. Thespis ________ greek mythology






50. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology