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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
Jerome Robbins
George and ira gershwin
Meredith wilson
Betty comden and adolph green
2. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
The shows they came from
3. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
Producer
Rebirth
Meredith wilson
Damn yankees
4. 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?
Mercenary mary
Ancient baghdad
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Crazy for you
5. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa
The music man
Court nobility
Producer
Lowering
6. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
Lerner and Loewe
Kismet
Good news
24
7. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes
South pacific
The Threepenny Opera
Cole porter
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
8. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
Public enemy no. 13
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
24
Oklahoma
9. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show
Cole porter
Bernstein and Sondheim
West side story
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
10. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
South pacific
Jerome kern
Political satire
11. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Producer
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Ray Bolger
Jule Styne
12. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...
Richard d'oyly carte
Marilyn Miller
Nine
A stevedore
13. Who is the composer of Candide
Tragedies
Leonard bernstein
Thespis
Gene kelly
14. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The Sound of Music
Playwright
Oklahoma
Carousel
15. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
Ethel merman
Someone to watch over me
Mercenary mary
Frank Loesser
16. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
Moved indoors
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Irving Berlin
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
17. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy
Moliere
Producer
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Composer
18. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Kiss me - Kate
Enzio pinza
The Sound of Music
4th and 5th centuries bce
19. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?
American dance music
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
South pacific
Composer
20. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Moved indoors
Damn yankees
John Gay
Agnes de mille
21. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Satyr plays
Crazy for You
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
22. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
Meredith wilson
Sally
23. Pal Joey was written by...
Rodgers and Hart
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Jule Styne
Horace
24. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas
Damn yankees
Leonard bernstein
The mikado
Voice type
25. Who is the composer of the music man
The Threepenny opera
Meredith wilson
Commedia dell-arte
Cole Porter
26. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Lerner and Loewe
Singin in the rain
South pacific
27. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.
Of thee i sing
Orchestration
Mimes
Intense training
28. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?
The book
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Public enemy no. 13
Lerner and Loewe
29. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore
Jerome kern
South pacific
Timbuktu
Music man
30. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
George m. cohan
Comic opera
Agnes de Mille
Radio city music hall
31. Who made in dahomey unique
Aristotle
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Gwen verdon
32. What is Bali H'ai from
Court nobility
South pacific
Catholic church
Oklahoma
33. What claim to fame does babes in arms have
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Producer
No
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
34. What comic duo was the show centered around
Guys and dolls
Bert williams and george walker
BC
East Side Story
35. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady
Gypsy
Lerner and Loewe
Marilyn Miller
New comedy
36. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
The new moon
Patriotic
Gestures and poses
Court nobility
37. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'
Choreographer
The book
Aristotle
Ethel merman
38. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy
George m. cohan
Stephen Sondheim
New comedy
My fair lady
39. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes
George and Ira Gershwin
Producer
Anti-hero
Professional perfomers
40. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero
The marx brothers
Comic opera
Damn yankees
Entertainments
41. Who made in dahomey unique
Bob Fosse
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Music man
Restoration
42. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer
Bob Fosse
Patriotic
South pacific
Oklahoma
43. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Jule Styne
On your toes and babes in arms
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
The new moon
44. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
Plato
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
State
The shows they came from
45. Commedia performers used...
Slapsticks
Mercenary mary
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
46. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Kiss me - kate
Greeks
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
47. G: Male actors played...
Female roles
The merry widow
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
The student prince
48. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s
Mary rodgers
Gestures and poses
Of thee i sing
Nine
49. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
Took to the streets and traveled -
Horace
Meredith wilson
Evangeline
50. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Carmen jones
Mulligan guards routines
Once upon a mattress
Candide