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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is the composer for on the town






2. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






3. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






4. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






5. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






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






7. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






8. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






9. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






10. What show is -love is sweeping the country






11. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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12. What is Bali H'ai from






13. Lotte Lenya is from What show






14. What is a 'pasticcio' score






15. Lotte Lenya is from What show






16. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






17. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






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






19. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?






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

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






22. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






23. What characters are in show boat

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24. 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






25. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






26. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






27. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






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






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






30. Who wrote the music for show boat






31. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






32. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






33. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






34. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






35. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






36. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






37. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






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






39. Who is the composer of the music man






40. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






41. Who stages the dances?






42. What is a person who writes a libretto called...






43. Ertha Kitta and Melba Morre in this Black variation of KIsmet






44. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






45. What show is i want to be happy






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






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






48. F:who took over those roles






49. What instruments accompanied the dancing






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