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Musical Theatre
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1. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
The Threepenny opera
Frank Loesser
Gestures and poses
Victor herbert
2. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical
Ray bolger
Frank Loesser
Leonard Bernstein
Rose marie
3. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)
Gertrude Lawrence
Satyr plays
24
Nine
4. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Oklahoma
Timbuktu
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
5. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Music man
The mikado
Cole porter
Gertrude Lawrence
6. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
Timbuktu
Rebirth
Agnes de mille
The Threepenny opera
7. What team wrote the Sound of music
Disappears
Catholic church
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Rodgers and hammerstein
8. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Of thee i sing
West side story
Julie Andrews
Brigadoon
9. What show is i want to be happy
No no nanette
Timbuktu
The serenade and the fortune teller
False it was stylized
10. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
New comedy
Damn yankees
Political satire
James michener
11. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people
Brigadoon
The student prince
South pacific
Comedies
12. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'
Deus ex machina
Choreographer
Gene kelly
Richard d'oyly carte
13. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera
Victor herbert
The marx brothers
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Stand by
14. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Robin hood
John Gay
Anything goes
Political satire
15. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
Lowering
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Crazy for you
His 'confessions'
16. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....
The marx brothers
Mercenary mary
The book
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
17. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show
My fair lady
Julie Andrews
Kiss me - kate
BC- before christ
18. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer
George and ira gershwin
Spectacle
The Threepenny Opera
Kurt Weill
19. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________
Pageant wagons and mansions
Permissiveness and crazes
Composer
Tearly Roman empire
20. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem
Leonard Bernstein
Middle ages
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
The mikado
21. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'
Singin in the rain
Female roles
On your toes and babes in arms
The pajama game
22. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Libretto
Annie get your gun
Brigadoon
Cole porter
23. G: how did they play female roles
Athens
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Changing masks and costumes
Rodgers and Hart
24. where did performers go
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Harry tierney
The serenade and the fortune teller
Took to the streets and traveled -
25. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show
Producer
Ethel merman
Kurt Weill
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
26. Who is the star of Sally
Lerner and Loewe
Georges balanchine
Marilyn Miller
I got rhythm
27. Who is the composer for on the town
Leonard bernstein
Ancient baghdad
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Rodgers and Hart
28. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Playwright
Masks and costumes
Bob Fosse
29. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Producer
Orchestration
Athens
Lyricist
30. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Mary Martin
Jule Styne
Mulligan guards routines
Gertrude Lawrence
31. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess
Gertrude Lawrence
Meredith wilson
George and ira gershwin
Kiss me - kate
32. Where they fly things on stage
The music man
Oscar hammerstein
West side story
Fly loft
33. Who wrote the music for show boat
Jerome kern
Athens
Producer
Music man
34. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?
City dionysia
Guys and dolls
Gypsy
Gestures and poses
35. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Popular entertainments
Once upon a mattress
Victor herbert
The music man
36. Greek: 534 BCE
Mulligan guards routines
Official beginning of western theatre
Girl crazy
Crazy for You
37. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady
On your toes
Playwright
Moved indoors
Eliza Doolittle
38. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
The music man
Director
If i loved you
39. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular
American dance music
Permissiveness and crazes
Gypsy
No no nanette
40. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
A trip to chinatown
Ethel merman
Bob Fosse
Entertainments
41. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
West side story
George m. cohan
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Anti-hero
42. Who stages the dances?
Stephen Sondheim
Fly loft
Choreographer
No no nanette
43. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Stephen sondheim
Commedia dell-arte
Pageant wagons and mansions
West side story
44. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette
Agnes de Mille
Gwen verdon
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Mercenary mary
45. G: What does BCE mean?
The book uncle toms cabin
Threepenny opera
Once upon a mattress
Before common era
46. What was the continental
Threepenny opera
Popular dance
Angel
No no nanette
47. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...
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48. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
Eliza Doolittle
The student prince
Can-can
Music man
49. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
American politics
Annie get your gun
Stand by
Court nobility
50. What is Bali H'ai from
Romantic
Julie Andrews
South pacific
Lerner and Loewe
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