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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






2. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






3. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






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






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






6. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...

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7. Who stages the dances?






8. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






9. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






10. Who stages the dances?






11. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






12. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






13. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






14. What does 'renaissance' mean






15. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






16. Where they fly things on stage






17. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






18. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






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






20. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






21. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






23. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






24. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






25. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






26. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






27. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






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






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






30. What show is- tea for two






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






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






33. Who is the composer of Candide






34. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






35. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






36. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






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






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






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






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






41. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






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






43. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






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






45. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






46. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






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






48. G: Male actors played...






49. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






50. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________