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Musical Theatre
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1. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
Gypsy
On the town
Jerome robbins
Sally
2. 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?
Producer
Guys and dolls
The music man
Lerner and Loewe
3. Lotte Lenya is from What show
Ray Bolger
Oh Kay
The Threepenny Opera
Oklahoma
4. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?
The savoy operas
His 'confessions'
Victor herbert
Costume designer
5. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?
Oklahoma
Of thee i sing
Agnes de mille
BC
6. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Kiss me - kate
Gertrude Lawrence
Brigadoon
The merry widow
7. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
South pacific
Annie get your gun
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
8. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?
The doctor of alcantara
Entertainments
Director
Libretto
9. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on
Jerome robbins
On the town
The book uncle toms cabin
Playwright
10. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
Adonis
Patriotic
Leonard bernstein
If i loved you
11. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Once upon a mattress
Carousel
12. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar
Comedies
Disappears
Commedia dell-arte
Meredith wilson
13. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show
Threepenny opera
The king and i
Good news
Annie get your gun
14. Who is the composer for on the town
Plato
Leonard bernstein
Annie get your gun
Mama rose
15. Who composed the music for Irene
Mary Martin
Guys and Dolls
Ballet and modern dance
Harry tierney
16. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town
Mary martin
Agnes de mille
The romantic musicals
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
17. Laurie is from What show
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Victor herbert
The romantic musicals
Oklahoma
18. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
None all men
The cotton blossom
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Cole porter
19. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
Romantic music
Irene
Gwen verdon
War
20. Who was the choreographer for carousel
Mercenary mary
Agnes de mille
Lowering
Once upon a mattress
21. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today
On your toes and babes in arms
Producer
Permissiveness and crazes
No
22. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Of thee i sing
His 'confessions'
Athens
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
23. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
Swing
Borrowed tunes
Took to the streets and traveled -
The merry widow
24. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
Borrowed tunes
HMS pinafore
Restoration
The serenade and the fortune teller
25. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Burlesqued
South pacific
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
A contrived ending
26. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Sally
George and Ira Gershwin
John Gay
Anything goes
27. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
Jerome Robbins
Stephen Sondheim
Kiss me - kate
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
28. What show is the song bewitched from
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Rebirth
Pal Joey
Producer
29. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons
Athens
The metropolitan opera
Tragedies
King Louis XIV
30. Laurie's dream ballet
Oklahoma
Changing masks and costumes
A trip to chinatown
Jerome kern
31. G: What is BCE same as
Gypsy
Oscar hammerstein II
BC- before christ
Jule Styne
32. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady
Julie Andrews
George m. cohan
Bob Fosse
Richard d'oyly carte
33. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Music man
Same person
Leonard Bernstein
34. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Popular dance
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Good news
Harrigan and hart
35. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady
Lyricist
No no nanette
American dance music
Eliza Doolittle
36. What is another name for the book and lyrics
Julie Andrews
Libretto
Kiss me - kate
Gypsy
37. Mama rose is from What show
Swing
Gypsy
George m. cohan
The metropolitan opera
38. G: Greek actors had...
Intense training
Evangeline
Angel
Ballet and modern dance
39. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II
Carmen jones
The king and I
Comedies
Greeks
40. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Producer
A stevedore
Stand by
Gertrude lawrence
41. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?
Someone to watch over me
Oklahoma
Voice type
The Sound of Music
42. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Of thee i sing
Jerome robbins
The romantic musicals
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
43. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
He died in 1937
Eliza Doolittle
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
American politics
44. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy
BC
George and Ira Gershwin
Of thee i sing
Candide
45. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon
Lerner and Loewe
Victor herbert
Producer
Oklahoma
46. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Producer
Comic opera
The music man
47. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
Producer
Popular entertainments and comic opera
Crazy for You
South pacific
48. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Richard rodgers
Once upon a mattress
Gertrude lawrence
49. Who wrote the music for show boat
Jerome kern
Comic opera
Kiss me - kate
Leonard bernstein
50. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Carmen jones
Pageant wagons and mansions
The Threepenny Opera
Popular entertainments and comic opera
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