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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






2. What is someone who helps load and unload ships called...






3. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






4. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






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






6. Bloody Mary is from What show






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






8. Who is the composer of the music man






9. What show is the song bewitched from






10. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan






11. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






12. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






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






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






16. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






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






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






19. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






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






21. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






22. Lotte Lenya is from What show






23. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






24. Who is the composer of Candide






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






26. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






27. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






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






29. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






30. 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'






31. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






32. Laurie is from What show






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






34. What character are in anything goes






35. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?






36. What were George M. Cohans most popular songs






37. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






38. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






39. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






40. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






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






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






43. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






44. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






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






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






47. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






48. Billy Bigelow is form What show






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






50. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady