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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






2. Who is the composer of Candide






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






4. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






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






6. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






7. What character are in anything goes






8. What was the 1927 musical about college life






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






10. Billy Bigelow is form What show






11. F:who took over those roles






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






13. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






14. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






15. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






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






17. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






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






19. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






21. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






22. 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?






23. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






24. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






25. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






26. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






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






28. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






29. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






30. What show is 'broadway melody' from






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






32. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






33. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






34. 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'






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






36. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






37. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






38. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






39. What is another name for the book and lyrics






40. Who picks the actors?






41. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






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






43. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






44. What character are in anything goes






45. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






46. G: Greek actors had...






47. Who made in dahomey unique






48. Who is the dancing star of on your toes






49. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina






50. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy