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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






2. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






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






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






6. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






7. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






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






9. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






10. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






11. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






12. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






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






14. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






15. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






16. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






17. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






18. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






19. What is a 'pasticcio' score






20. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






21. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa






22. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






23. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






24. 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






25. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






26. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






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






28. Who is the composer for on the town






29. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






30. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






31. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






32. Laurie is from What show






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






34. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






35. What character are in anything goes






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






37. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






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






39. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






40. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






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






42. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






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






44. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






45. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






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






47. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






48. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






49. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






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