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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






2. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






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






4. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






5. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






6. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






7. What is another name for the book and lyrics






8. What show is -love is sweeping the country






9. Who made in dahomey unique






10. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






11. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






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






13. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






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






15. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






16. 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?






17. What was the setting for Kismet






18. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






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






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






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






22. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






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






24. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






25. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






26. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






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






28. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






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






30. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






31. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






32. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






33. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya






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






35. What show is -love is sweeping the country






36. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette






37. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






38. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






39. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






40. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






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






42. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






43. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






44. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






45. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






46. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?






47. 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?






48. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






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






50. Who wrote Oh - Kay?







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