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Musical Theatre
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1. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre
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2. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Of thee i sing
Frank Loesser
Athens
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
3. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people
Entertainments
Stephen Sondheim
Comedies
BC- before christ
4. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
Good news
Romantic
New comedy
Ethel merman
5. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Brigadoon
Librettist
BC- before christ
Ballet and modern dance
6. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'
Ethel merman
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
On your toes and babes in arms
Harrigan and hart
7. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Mama rose
Kiss me - kate
Kiss me - kate
The king and i
8. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?
He died in 1937
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Brigadoon
Comic opera
9. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality
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10. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?
Satyr plays
Same person
Producer
Oh Kay
11. What comic duo was the show centered around
3 to 5
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
Bert williams and george walker
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
12. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
Gene kelly
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Burlesqued
Comic opera
13. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Gypsy
Gertrude Lawrence
Ethel merman
14. G: Who paid the salaries of actors
Ballet and modern dance
Can-can
Once upon a mattress
State
15. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Parodied
Ray Bolger
Professional perfomers
Popular entertainments and comic opera
16. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...
Kiss me - Kate
Damn yankees
Mulligan guards routines
Parodied
17. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?
Kiss me - kate
Meredith wilson
Stand by
BC- before christ
18. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show
Agnes de Mille
Threepenny opera
Bob Fosse
Cole porter
19. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show
Once upon a mattress
BC- before christ
Horace
Carol Channing
20. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette
Witty dialogue
The romantic musicals
The king and i
Bob Fosse
21. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Leonard Bernstein
Librettist
The music man
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
22. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
Carmen jones
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
South pacific
The Threepenny opera
23. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show
Can-can
Tragedies
Frank Loesser
George m. cohan
24. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'
Robin hood
Director
Oklahoma
Slapsticks
25. What show is -the continental
The serenade and the fortune teller
Mary martin
Mercenary mary
The merry widow
26. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated
State
The merry widow
24
Political satire
27. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Intense training
Candide
Leonard bernstein
28. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
24
Playwright
Ray bolger
Producer
29. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show
The desert song
Intense training
Anything goes
West side story
30. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Popular entertainments
Carmen jones
The doctor of alcantara
Ethel merman
31. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.
Moved indoors
The savoy operas
Kiss me - kate
Jule Styne
32. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Meredith wilson
Cole Porter
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Burlesqued
33. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
War
Ethel merman
24
The king and I
34. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Rex Harrison
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Damn yankees
The book
35. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
Irving Berlin
Can-can
Candide
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
36. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Lowering
Greeks
Spectacle
Ray bolger
37. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on
Mulligan guards routines
The book uncle toms cabin
Mercenary mary
Stephen sondheim
38. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'
Oklahoma
Producer
Gypsy
Deus ex machina
39. Who writes the words to the songs?
Ancient baghdad
Witty dialogue
Lyricist
Took to the streets and traveled -
40. What does 'renaissance' mean
Rebirth
St. Augustine
Oscar hammerstein II
BC
41. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
If i loved you
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Crazy for you
42. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?
Composer
Anti-hero
On the town
Costume designer
43. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
A contrived ending
Catholic church
Julie Andrews
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
44. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Athens
Gestures and poses
A trip to chinatown
Of thee i sing
45. What was the setting for Kismet
Patriotic
Mary martin
Ancient baghdad
Official beginning of western theatre
46. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
Of thee i sing
Angel
His 'confessions'
Oh Kay
47. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs
Conductor
Director
Gertrude Lawrence
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
48. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
Good news
American dance music
Oklahoma
Lowering
49. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show
Aristotle
Mary Martin
Mercenary mary
West side story
50. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england
Restoration
Damn yankees
The king and I
Commedia dell-arte
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