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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who wrote the music for show boat






2. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






3. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






4. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






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






6. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






7. What show is- tea for two






8. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






9. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






10. ____________ presents men better than they are...






11. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






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






13. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






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






15. What show is i want to be happy






16. Who is the composer of Can-Can






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






18. Who was the choreographer for carousel






19. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






20. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






21. Who composed the music for Irene






22. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






24. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






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






26. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






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






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






29. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






30. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






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






32. Who composed the music for Irene






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






34. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






35. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






36. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






37. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






38. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






39. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






40. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






41. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?






42. Who picks the actors?






43. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






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






45. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






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






47. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






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






49. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






50. Who is the star of sweet charity