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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Where they fly things on stage






2. 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






3. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






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






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






6. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






7. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






8. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'






9. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






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






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






12. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






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






14. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






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






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






17. Who is the composer for wonderful town






18. Laurie is from What show






19. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






20. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






21. Laurie's dream ballet






22. Who wrote the music for show boat






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






24. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






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






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






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






28. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






29. Annie Oakley is from What show






30. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






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






32. 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






33. Who hires the creative team for a production?






34. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein






35. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






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






37. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






38. What characters are in show boat

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39. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






40. 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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41. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






42. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






43. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical






44. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






45. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz






46. Annie Oakley is from What show






47. Commedia performers used...






48. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






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






50. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes