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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Anything goes
Agnes de mille
He was the producer
2. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
South pacific
Rebirth
The king and I
The book
3. What does 'renaissance' mean
Mary rodgers
South pacific
Rebirth
Public enemy no. 13
4. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Gwen verdon
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Mimes
Kiss me - kate
5. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality
6. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor
On your toes
George and Ira Gershwin
Witty dialogue
My Fair Lady
7. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
HMS pinafore
New comedy
No no nanette
Comic opera had music and dialogue
8. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?
Tragedies
West side story
Oscar hammerstein II
George gershwin
9. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece
Angel
Thespis
Richard d'oyly carte
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
10. What show is 'broadway melody' from
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
The king and i
Singin in the rain
Set designer
11. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
Ethel merman
Agnes de mille
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Gene kelly
12. Who is the composer of the King and I
Witty dialogue
Kurt Weill
Richard rodgers
Court nobility
13. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
George gershwin
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
The music man
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
14. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes
The merry widow
Music man
Producer
Ballet and modern dance
15. Who was the choreographer for carousel
Meredith wilson
Thespis
His 'confessions'
Agnes de mille
16. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Commedia dell-arte
King Louis XIV
17. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
A trip to chinatown
The shows they came from
Rodgers and hammerstein
Yul Brenner
18. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Commedia dell-arte
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Brigadoon
Carousel
19. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Changing masks and costumes
John Gay
Horace
The Sound of Music
20. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
Director
George m. cohan
Jule Styne
Lerner and Loewe
21. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?
Orchestration
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
False- it was considred a romantic musical
The savoy operas
22. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
Popular entertainments
Gypsy
War
Ray bolger
23. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Brigadoon
If i loved you
State
24. G: how did they play female roles
Mercenary mary
Changing masks and costumes
Timbuktu
Lerner and Loewe
25. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea
Lowering
Evangeline
Once upon a mattress
The book
26. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Victor herbert
Kiss me - kate
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
27. Who composed the music for Irene
Harry tierney
The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hart
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
28. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
None all men
A contrived ending
Ballet and modern dance
Can-can
29. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town
Billy bigelow
Leonard Bernstein
He died in 1937
Parodied
30. Who is the star of sweet charity
Mama rose
Gwen verdon
Middle ages
Crazy for you
31. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
Gypsy
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Yul Brenner
32. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Took to the streets and traveled -
Gene kelly
Voice type
He was the producer
33. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
New comedy
Georges balanchine
3 to 5
Jerome robbins
34. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
The romantic musicals
Leonard bernstein
The Sound of Music
35. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Michael Kidd
Commedia dell-arte
Rodgers and hammerstein
36. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy
South pacific
George and Ira Gershwin
Ethel merman
Jerome kern
37. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by
Commedia dell-arte
Gene kelly
Playwright
Georges balanchine
38. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Choreographer
Kiss me - kate
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
King Louis XIV
39. Who is the composer of Candide
Bob Fosse
Jerome kern
Yul Brenner
Leonard bernstein
40. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Gertrude Lawrence
Leonard bernstein
41. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
War
Timbuktu
Oscar hammerstein
Lerner and Loewe
42. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave
On your toes
Pageant wagons and mansions
Guys and Dolls
Mama rose
43. What was a 'claquer?'
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Gypsy
Evangeline
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
44. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
HMS pinafore
Changing masks and costumes
Swing
Cleverly concoted
45. What show is -the continental
Victor herbert
Mercenary mary
Middle ages
Restoration
46. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?
A trip to chinatown
Enzio pinza
Victor herbert
The book
47. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________
Moved indoors
Richard rodgers
Permissiveness and crazes
3 to 5
48. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?
George and ira gershwin
City dionysia
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Music director
49. Who is the composer for wonderful town
Leonard bernstein
City dionysia
Lyricist
Jule Styne
50. What was the continental
Popular dance
Moliere
Yul Brenner
The desert song