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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






2. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






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






4. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






5. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






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






7. Who is the composer of Can-Can






8. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






9. Who wrote the music for show boat






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






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






12. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






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






14. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






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






16. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






17. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






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






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






20. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






21. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






22. What was Oh Kays most famous song






23. Who picks the actors?






24. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






25. What show is- tea for two






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






27. What is another name for the book and lyrics






28. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






29. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






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






31. Who writes the words to the songs?






32. Commedia performers used...






33. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






34. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






35. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






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






37. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






38. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






39. What are the three types of greek plays






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






41. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






42. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






43. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






44. Who is the composer for wonderful town






45. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






46. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






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






48. What was the continental






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






50. where did performers go