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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. Who is the composer of Candide
Carmen jones
Leonard bernstein
Gypsy
Oh Kay
2. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Jule Styne
Lerner and Loewe
Cole porter
Music man
3. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls
Betty comden and adolph green
Flutes - lyres
Cole Porter
Frank Loesser
4. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________
Gertrude lawrence
Gypsy
Betty comden and adolph green
Michael Kidd
5. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
War
Kiss me - Kate
Ray Bolger
Moved indoors
6. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s
Nine
Costume designer
Voice type
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
7. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
Adonis
The king and i
Witty dialogue
The Threepenny opera
8. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Leonard Bernstein
Once upon a mattress
Jule Styne
Oklahoma
9. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show
Producer
Cleverly concoted
Oklahoma
BC
10. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
Romantic
Female roles
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
West side story
11. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes
Meredith wilson
The doctor of alcantara
Changing masks and costumes
Producer
12. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Oklahoma
Restoration
Betty comden and adolph green
Thespis
13. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name
The music man
Libretto
Candide
James michener
14. G: What is BCE same as
BC- before christ
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Masks and costumes
Gypsy
15. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
The mikado
On the town
Kismet
Ray bolger
16. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
George gershwin
Richard rodgers
On your toes and babes in arms
George m. cohan
17. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Sally
Anti-hero
Director
18. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat
Of thee i sing
BC- before christ
Lyricist
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
19. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'
Aristotle
Stephen sondheim
Conductor
Guys and dolls
20. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...
Ballet and modern dance
Jerome kern
A stevedore
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
21. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Of thee i sing
City dionysia
Nine
Music director
22. What is a person who writes a libretto called...
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Librettist
Tragedy
Radio city music hall
23. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'
Of thee i sing
Producer
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
No no nanette
24. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
My Fair Lady
Permissiveness and crazes
Choreographer
25. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
The king and i
Lerner and Loewe
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Plato
26. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
George gershwin
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Meredith wilson
The belle of new york
27. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
I got rhythm
The marx brothers
Stand by
Pal Joey
28. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
American politics
Julie Andrews
The king and I
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
29. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.
The king and i
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Kiss me - kate
Orchestration
30. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show
New comedy
Stephen sondheim
Middle ages
The Sound of Music
31. Who wrote the music for show boat
Jule Styne
The king and i
The cotton blossom
Jerome kern
32. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
Billy bigelow
Parodied
South pacific
Enzio pinza
33. G: Male actors played...
Female roles
George m. cohan
The Sound of Music
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
34. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
George m. cohan
American politics
My fair lady
35. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
State
Set designer
Victor herbert
BC
36. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Patriotic
Georges balanchine
The doctor of alcantara
37. Roman theatre: Women performed in...
Popular dance
Tearly Roman empire
Mimes
Disappears
38. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa
None all men
Music man
The music man
Comedy
39. Who composed the music for Irene
24
Composer
Harry tierney
Set designer
40. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
Commedia dell-arte
The king and I
Kiss me - Kate
Robin hood
41. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night
Oil lamps
Before common era
West side story
Parodied
42. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Took to the streets and traveled -
Libretto
Producer
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
43. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
A stevedore
The doctor of alcantara
Once upon a mattress
Jule Styne
44. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Libretto
Moliere
Romantic music
Carmen jones
45. What does 'renaissance' mean
Guys and dolls
Rebirth
Rose marie
Ethel merman
46. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays
Producer
Greeks
Popular dance
The king and i
47. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
HMS pinafore
Producer
Commedia dell-arte
Can-can
48. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Gertrude Lawrence
Cole Porter
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
On your toes and babes in arms
49. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
Kiss me - kate
Romantic music
New comedy
Public enemy no. 13
50. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing
Cleverly concoted
Ancient baghdad
American politics
Catholic church