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Musical Theatre

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1. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






2. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...






3. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






4. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






5. What was the setting for Kismet






6. Who is the composer for wonderful town






7. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






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






9. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy






10. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






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






12. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






13. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






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






15. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






16. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






17. Lotte Lenya is from What show






18. __________ presents men worse than they are...






19. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






20. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






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






22. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






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






24. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






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






26. What does 'renaissance' mean






27. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






28. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






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






30. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






31. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






32. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






33. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






34. Lotte Lenya is from What show






35. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






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

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






38. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






39. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






40. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






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






42. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






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






44. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






45. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






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






47. Pal Joey was written by...






48. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






49. Who wrote the music for show boat






50. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?







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