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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Bloody Mary is from What show






2. Who wrote the music for show boat






3. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






4. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






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






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






7. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






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






9. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






10. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina






11. Who is the star of Sally






12. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






13. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






14. Who was the choreographer for carousel






15. 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






16. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






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






18. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






19. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






20. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






21. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






22. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






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






24. Who picks the actors?






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






26. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






27. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






28. Who is the star of sweet charity






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






30. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






31. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






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






33. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






34. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show






35. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






37. What team wrote the Sound of music






38. What comic duo was the show centered around






39. What team wrote the Sound of music






40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






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






42. What show is -i got rhythm






43. What show is i want to be happy






44. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






45. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






46. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






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






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






49. What is Bali H'ai from






50. Thespis ________ greek mythology