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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






2. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






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






5. Billy Bigelow is form What show






6. Who writes the words to the songs?






7. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






8. What comic duo was the show centered around






9. Laurie is from What show






10. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






11. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






12. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






13. What characters are in show boat

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14. Who is the star of sweet charity






15. Pal Joey was written by...






16. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move






17. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






18. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






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






20. Who hires the creative team for a production?






21. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






22. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






23. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






24. Who made in dahomey unique






25. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






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






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






28. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






29. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






30. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






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






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






33. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






34. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy






35. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






36. Who is the composer of Candide






37. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






38. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...






39. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....






40. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






41. 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?






42. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






43. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






44. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






45. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






46. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






47. Who composed the music for Irene






48. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






49. G: Greek actors had...






50. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress