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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Timbuktu
Gertrude Lawrence
The merry widow
Robin hood
2. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones
Fly loft
Oscar hammerstein
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Georges balanchine
3. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
Brigadoon
Ballet and modern dance
The merry widow
I got rhythm
4. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...
City dionysia
Carousel
Mulligan guards routines
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
5. What show is the song bewitched from
A trip to chinatown
Meredith wilson
Pal Joey
St. Augustine
6. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
Stephen sondheim
HMS pinafore
The music man
Mercenary mary
7. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?
Enzio pinza
John Hollingshead
24
None all men
8. What was another international hit of the late 1890s
The belle of new york
Jerome kern
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Oklahoma
9. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Aristotle
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
No no nanette
10. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Kismet
Kiss me - Kate
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
My fair lady
11. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Librettist
Cole porter
Catholic church
12. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
War
Bob Fosse
Threepenny opera
Eliza Doolittle
13. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Annie get your gun
King Louis XIV
Producer
Music man
14. Who is the star of sweet charity
Stephen Sondheim
Bernstein and Sondheim
Gwen verdon
Robin hood
15. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
Once upon a mattress
Ray bolger
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
West side story
16. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I
Gertrude Lawrence
State
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Annie get your gun
17. What does 'renaissance' mean
Official beginning of western theatre
Rebirth
Lerner and Loewe
Gertrude Lawrence
18. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical
Victor herbert
Rose marie
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Kiss me - kate
19. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
Music director
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Set designer
Gwen verdon
20. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Burlesqued
A contrived ending
Producer
Victor herbert
21. F:who took over those roles
No no nanette
Professional perfomers
Changing masks and costumes
Ethel merman
22. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I
New comedy
Ray bolger
Permissiveness and crazes
Yul Brenner
23. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
New comedy
No
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Ray bolger
24. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'
West side story
Annie get your gun
Jule Styne
Comedy
25. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer
Kurt Weill
Gertrude Lawrence
Billy bigelow
The music man
26. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...
Rodgers and hammerstein
Same person
Tragedies
Mulligan guards routines
27. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Mary martin
The marx brothers
28. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones
Playwright
The puritans took control of the governmetn
The metropolitan opera
George m. cohan
29. What characters are in show boat
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30. Who writes the words to the songs?
Costume designer
Patriotic
Lyricist
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
31. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
Public enemy no. 13
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Someone to watch over me
The puritans took control of the governmetn
32. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy
Stephen Sondheim
Female roles
Jerome kern
Jerome kern
33. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
Jerome robbins
No
Pal Joey
Victor herbert
34. Who made in dahomey unique
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Athens
The king and i
My Fair Lady
35. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________
Guys and dolls
Permissiveness and crazes
The music man
Choreographer
36. What was the setting for Kismet
Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady
Ancient baghdad
On your toes and babes in arms
37. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Georges balanchine
Rodgers and hammerstein
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
38. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Georges balanchine
Satyr plays
Cole porter
39. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Babes in arms
George and Ira Gershwin
Can-can
Once upon a mattress
40. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Aristotle
Jule Styne
Irving Berlin
The mikado
41. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Producer
Romantic music
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
42. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Victor herbert
Public enemy no. 13
Spectacle
43. Greek: 534 BCE
Brigadoon
A stevedore
Official beginning of western theatre
Bernstein and Sondheim
44. What is another name for the book and lyrics
Meredith wilson
None all men
Libretto
Crazy for You
45. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz
Oil lamps
Ray Bolger
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Athens
46. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
Bernstein and Sondheim
The king and I
Richard rodgers
Gwen verdon
47. What was the continental
No
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Candide
Popular dance
48. where did performers go
The mikado
Took to the streets and traveled -
Rodgers and Hart
Music director
49. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
James michener
Gestures and poses
Cole porter
Mary martin
50. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Brigadoon
The Sound of Music
West side story