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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who made in dahomey unique






2. Lotte Lenya is from What show






3. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






4. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






5. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






6. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






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






8. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






9. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






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






11. What is Bali H'ai from






12. Pal Joey was written by...






13. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






14. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






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






16. Who wrote the music for show boat






17. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






18. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






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






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






21. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






22. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






23. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






24. Greek: 534 BCE






25. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






26. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






27. What was Oh Kays most famous song






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






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






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






31. where did performers go






32. Who is the composer of Candide






33. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






34. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






35. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






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






37. What show is- tea for two






38. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






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

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40. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






41. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






42. Pal Joey was written by...






43. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






44. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






45. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






46. Who writes the words to the songs?






47. What show is the song bewitched from






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






49. G: Male actors played...






50. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms







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