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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






2. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






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






4. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






5. What show is 'broadway melody' from






6. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






7. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






8. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






9. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






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






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






12. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






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






14. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






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






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






17. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






18. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






19. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






20. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






21. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man






22. Who is the composer for on the town






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






24. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






25. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






26. What does 'renaissance' mean






27. Who is the star of sweet charity






28. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






29. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






30. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






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






32. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






33. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






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






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






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

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37. Who is the composer of the music man






38. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






39. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






40. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what






41. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






42. What show is -i got rhythm






43. Who picks the actors?






44. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






45. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






47. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






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






49. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






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