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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is the composer for wonderful town






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






3. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






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






5. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






6. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






7. Who picks the actors?






8. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






9. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






10. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz






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






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






13. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






14. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






15. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






17. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






18. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






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






20. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






21. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






22. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period






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






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






25. Who is the composer of the music man






26. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






27. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






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






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






30. G: how did they play female roles






31. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






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






33. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






34. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






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






36. What was the 1927 musical about college life






37. What was Oh Kays most famous song






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






39. Who hires the creative team for a production?






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






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






42. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






43. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






44. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






45. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






46. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






47. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






48. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






49. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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