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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






2. Who wrote the music for show boat






3. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






4. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






6. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






7. What is a 'pasticcio' score






8. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






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






10. G: how did they play female roles






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






12. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






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






15. Where they fly things on stage






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






17. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






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






19. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






20. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






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






22. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






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






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






25. What was the 1927 musical about college life






26. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse






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






28. Who is the composer of Can-Can






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






30. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






31. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






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






33. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






34. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






35. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






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






37. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






38. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






39. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






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






41. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






42. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






43. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






44. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






45. G: how did they play female roles






46. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






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






48. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






49. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






50. 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