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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. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






2. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






3. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?






4. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






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






6. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






7. G: Male actors played...






8. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






9. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






10. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






11. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






12. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






13. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






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






15. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






16. What was the continental






17. What show is the song bewitched from






18. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






19. What team wrote the Sound of music






20. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






21. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






22. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






23. What musical written by jerome kern starred marilyn miller (of Ziegfeld follies fame)?






24. G: how did they play female roles






25. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






26. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






27. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






28. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






29. Who is the composer for wonderful town






30. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






31. Pal Joey was written by...






32. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






33. Billy Bigelow is form What show






34. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






35. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






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






37. What show is i want to be happy






38. What is Bali H'ai from






39. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






40. Greek: 534 BCE






41. Bloody Mary is from What show






42. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






43. Who is the composer of Candide






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






45. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






46. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






47. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today






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






49. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






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