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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






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






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






4. Who stages the dances?






5. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






6. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






7. What was the continental






8. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






9. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






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






11. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






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






13. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






14. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






15. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






16. Who wrote the music for show boat






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






18. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






19. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






20. What are the three types of greek plays






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






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






23. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






24. What show is i want to be happy






25. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






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






27. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






28. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






29. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






30. What was the original name of West Side Story






31. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






32. 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'






33. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






34. What show is the song bewitched from






35. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






36. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






37. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






38. What team wrote the Sound of music






39. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






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

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






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






44. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






45. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






46. What character are in anything goes






47. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






48. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






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






50. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem