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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






2. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






3. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






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






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






6. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






7. G: Greek actors had...






8. What show is the song bewitched from






9. 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






10. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






11. What is another name for the book and lyrics






12. Who picks the actors?






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






14. Thespis ________ greek mythology






15. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






16. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






17. 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?






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






19. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






20. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






21. __________ presents men worse than they are...






22. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






23. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






24. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






25. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






26. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






27. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






28. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






29. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






30. What instruments accompanied the dancing






31. Oh Kay was written as a star vehicle for __________






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






33. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






34. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what






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






36. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






37. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






38. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






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






40. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






41. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






42. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






43. What show is- tea for two






44. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






45. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






46. 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 ___________.






47. Who hires the creative team for a production?






48. Who is the composer of Can-Can






49. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






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