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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






2. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






3. Bloody Mary is from What show






4. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






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

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






7. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






8. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






9. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical






10. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






11. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






12. What show is 'broadway melody' from






13. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






14. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






15. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya






16. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






17. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






18. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






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






20. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






21. What character are in anything goes






22. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






23. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






24. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






25. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






26. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






27. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






28. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






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






30. 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?






31. What show is i want to be happy






32. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






33. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






34. Billy Bigelow is form What show






35. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






36. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






37. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






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






39. Mama rose is from What show






40. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






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






42. Greek: 534 BCE






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






44. G: What is BCE same as






45. G: Male actors played...






46. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






47. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






48. where did performers go






49. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






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