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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain






2. Billy Bigelow is form What show






3. 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?






4. What is a 'pasticcio' score






5. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






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






7. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






8. What was the 1927 musical about college life






9. Mama rose is from What show






10. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






11. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






12. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






13. What instruments accompanied the dancing






14. What are the three types of greek plays






15. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






16. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






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






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






20. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...


21. What is a 'pasticcio' score






22. What character are in anything goes






23. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






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






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






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






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






28. Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are from What show






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






30. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






31. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....






32. G: What does BCE mean?






33. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period






34. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform






35. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






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






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






38. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






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






40. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






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






42. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






43. G: The chorus usually had _____ members






44. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?






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






46. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






47. What does 'renaissance' mean






48. Who is the composer for on the town






49. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






50. Who is the composer of Can-Can