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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Permissiveness and crazes
Julie Andrews
Lowering
State
2. What was the name of the show boat in show boat
George gershwin
John Gay
Georges balanchine
The cotton blossom
3. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre
The desert song
Rodgers and hammerstein
Rodgers and hammerstein
Guys and Dolls
4. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
No no nanette
Deus ex machina
George m. cohan
5. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
The belle of new york
Romantic music
Moliere
The doctor of alcantara
6. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
On your toes
No no nanette
Romantic
7. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
Slapsticks
New comedy
False- it was considred a romantic musical
The puritans took control of the governmetn
8. Annie Oakley is from What show
The book uncle toms cabin
The king and I
Carousel
Annie get your gun
9. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
Stephen Sondheim
Court nobility
Permissiveness and crazes
Commedia dell-arte
10. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Intense training
Someone to watch over me
11. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
Rodgers and Hart
Gertrude lawrence
Timbuktu
Gypsy
12. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?
Choreographer
Good news
Lerner and Loewe
Plato
13. Where they fly things on stage
The book
The merry widow
Agnes de mille
Fly loft
14. G: How many lead actors were there?
3 to 5
Good news
Popular entertainments
City dionysia
15. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon
Agnes de Mille
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Rebirth
The savoy operas
16. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
The Threepenny Opera
The savoy operas
Director
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
17. What characters are in show boat
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18. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
On the town
Jerome Robbins
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
West side story
19. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Irving Berlin
Leonard bernstein
Angel
Jule Styne
20. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Mary Martin
Julie Andrews
War
BC- before christ
21. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
On the town
Mary martin
Nine
22. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Comedies
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
No no nanette
Gertrude Lawrence
23. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Gertrude lawrence
Kiss me - Kate
Babes in arms
24. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show
The cotton blossom
South pacific
Playwright
George m. cohan
25. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
The serenade and the fortune teller
Kiss me - Kate
I got rhythm
Rex Harrison
26. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
BC- before christ
The romantic musicals
On your toes
27. 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
Marilyn Miller
Ray Bolger
Playwright
Before common era
28. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality
Spectacle
Patriotic
Spectacle
St. Augustine
29. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
Victor herbert
Producer
If i loved you
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
30. where did performers go
Stand by
Greeks
George and Ira Gershwin
Took to the streets and traveled -
31. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Restoration
City dionysia
Mama rose
Mimes
32. What was another international hit of the late 1890s
Comic opera
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
If i loved you
The belle of new york
33. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?
BC
Set designer
Pants role or trousers role
Georges balanchine
34. What show is -love is sweeping the country
The king and i
Kiss me - kate
Female roles
Of thee i sing
35. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
HMS pinafore
Lerner and Loewe
Gypsy
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
36. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Music director
Annie get your gun
South pacific
37. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
Georges balanchine
Kiss me - Kate
John Hollingshead
Music director
38. 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
Rose marie
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Kismet
39. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
South pacific
Kiss me - kate
Mary rodgers
Gertrude Lawrence
40. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
Meredith wilson
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Spectacle
Kiss me - kate
41. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
None all men
Ethel merman
Disappears
Plato
42. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII
Jule Styne
South pacific
Damn yankees
State
43. 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?
Guys and dolls
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Candide
Disappears
44. Who wrote the music for show boat
Ballet and modern dance
George and ira gershwin
Robin hood
Jerome kern
45. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Damn yankees
Cole Porter
He died in 1937
Kurt Weill
46. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
Rex Harrison
Tearly Roman empire
The king and i
Horace
47. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?
The Sound of Music
Conductor
Timbuktu
Ethel merman
48. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon
George and Ira Gershwin
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Nine
Agnes de mille
49. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Jerome kern
Professional perfomers
Catholic church
50. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Eliza Doolittle
Lowering
Parodied
Michael Kidd