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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






2. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






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






4. What show is i want to be happy






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






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






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






8. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






9. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






10. Who is the star of Sally






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






12. G: how did they play female roles






13. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






14. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






15. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






16. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?






17. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






18. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






19. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






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






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






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






23. Greek: 534 BCE






24. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






25. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






27. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






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






29. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






30. G: What is BCE same as






31. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom






32. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






33. Thespis ________ greek mythology






34. 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






35. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






36. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






37. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






38. Who wrote the music for show boat






39. What show is the song bewitched from






40. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






41. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?






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






43. Laurie is from What show






44. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






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






46. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






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






48. What is a 'pasticcio' score






49. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.






50. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'