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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
South pacific
Witty dialogue
Harry tierney
Entertainments
2. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Leonard Bernstein
Someone to watch over me
City dionysia
Can-can
3. 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 king and I
Middle ages
The romantic musicals
The music man
4. What show is -the continental
Gwen verdon
Mercenary mary
Julie Andrews
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
5. What was another international hit of the late 1890s
The belle of new york
Nine
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Oh Kay
6. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
New comedy
Marilyn Miller
Mary Martin
Bernstein and Sondheim
7. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
The book uncle toms cabin
If i loved you
Comedies
Someone to watch over me
8. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar
Richard rodgers
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Rex Harrison
Commedia dell-arte
9. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Political satire
On your toes
Of thee i sing
10. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
Anything goes
Satyr plays
I got rhythm
The doctor of alcantara
11. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
The king and i
George and ira gershwin
Meredith wilson
South pacific
12. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
HMS pinafore
Fly loft
Brigadoon
Oh Kay
13. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon
Julie Andrews
Gypsy
Gwen verdon
Agnes de mille
14. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Fly loft
Oscar hammerstein
Mary Martin
Pageant wagons and mansions
15. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
Agnes de mille
The romantic musicals
Crazy for You
The new moon
16. What show is -i got rhythm
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Rodgers and hammerstein
Girl crazy
17. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Gwen verdon
Athens
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Mulligan guards routines
18. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Producer
Meredith wilson
Rebirth
Pageant wagons and mansions
19. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
Victor herbert
Carol Channing
Harrigan and hart
Producer
20. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Choreographer
Michael Kidd
Oklahoma
21. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Kiss me - kate
No no nanette
The book
Pants role or trousers role
22. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
Oh Kay
The Threepenny Opera
Once upon a mattress
Set designer
23. Who picks the actors?
Director
The shows they came from
The book
Lyricist
24. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?
HMS pinafore
Rodgers and Hart
The book
Costume designer
25. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Mercenary mary
Agnes de mille
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
26. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots
Cleverly concoted
Gestures and poses
Tearly Roman empire
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
27. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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28. 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?
Crazy for you
Evangeline
Commedia dell-arte
Witty dialogue
29. Who is the star of Sally
Gertrude Lawrence
Threepenny opera
The merry widow
Marilyn Miller
30. G: in which centuries were these festivals held
Horace
Rose marie
4th and 5th centuries bce
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
31. G: Greek actors had...
On the town
Producer
Radio city music hall
Intense training
32. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy
Agnes de mille
Moliere
Librettist
Girl crazy
33. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees
Lyricist
Gestures and poses
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Irving Berlin
34. G: What is BCE same as
Mary martin
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
BC- before christ
Good news
35. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
Lowering
Aristotle
Catholic church
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
36. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...
Mulligan guards routines
Producer
Ethel merman
John Gay
37. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Julie Andrews
The music man
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
George m. cohan
38. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
Ethel merman
George m. cohan
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
39. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story
Bernstein and Sondheim
Composer
Richard rodgers
Witty dialogue
40. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?
Meredith wilson
Rodgers and hammerstein
Victor herbert
George gershwin
41. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Annie get your gun
Irene
Restoration
Satyr plays
42. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Lowering
BC- before christ
My Fair Lady
Rebirth
43. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Kiss me - kate
On the town
Crazy for You
Disappears
44. 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
Kismet
Rebirth
South pacific
45. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.
Moved indoors
Gwen verdon
Commedia dell-arte
Jule Styne
46. Pal Joey was written by...
Georges balanchine
Rodgers and Hart
Jule Styne
Jerome kern
47. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Kiss me - Kate
No no nanette
The king and i
48. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'
Babes in arms
Leonard bernstein
Harrigan and hart
I got rhythm
49. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I
Bert williams and george walker
Yul Brenner
Threepenny opera
Victor herbert
50. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
American politics
Oscar hammerstein
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Timbuktu