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Musical Theatre
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters
Thespis
Took to the streets and traveled -
Masks and costumes
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
2. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents
Radio city music hall
The merry widow
Cleverly concoted
George m. cohan
3. G: Who paid the salaries of actors
Romantic music
Gertrude Lawrence
State
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
4. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
West side story
Michael Kidd
Damn yankees
Rodgers and hammerstein
5. Who finances the production either by their own money or through investors?
Anti-hero
Producer
Mary martin
Disappears
6. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...
7. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
South pacific
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Mulligan guards routines
A contrived ending
8. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Oklahoma
The music man
Music man
Harry tierney
9. Who was the star actor in pal joey and singin in the rain
Gene kelly
BC- before christ
Spectacle
Flutes - lyres
10. What comic duo was the show centered around
Bert williams and george walker
Cole porter
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
Carol Channing
11. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Producer
Burlesqued
Someone to watch over me
Borrowed tunes
12. What is a 'pasticcio' score
Borrowed tunes
Stephen Sondheim
Babes in arms
Crazy for You
13. 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'
No no nanette
Oscar hammerstein II
Annie get your gun
The marx brothers
14. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?
War
Conductor
The serenade and the fortune teller
Cole porter
15. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
BC- before christ
Thespis
Popular entertainments
Entertainments
16. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
South pacific
Give my regards to broadway and the yankee doodle boy
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
The belle of new york
17. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show
Oil lamps
No no nanette
Official beginning of western theatre
Music man
18. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people
Comedies
Gene kelly
Ancient baghdad
Restoration
19. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle
Gwen verdon
Angel
South pacific
20. Bloody Mary is from What show
Crazy for you
South pacific
Commedia dell-arte
4th and 5th centuries bce
21. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Director
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Girl crazy
Frank Loesser
22. 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'
Annie get your gun
Irving Berlin
Julie Andrews
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
23. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919
Irene
Rodgers and Hart
Once upon a mattress
Robin hood
24. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Playwright
The king and I
Producer
25. What show is i want to be happy
No no nanette
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Romantic music
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
26. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
City dionysia
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Music director
Adonis
27. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy
The Threepenny Opera
South pacific
Lowering
Carmen jones
28. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show
Horace
American politics
Oklahoma
On the town
29. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Lyricist
Crazy for You
The merry widow
30. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya
The cotton blossom
Cole Porter
The Threepenny opera
Comic opera had music and dialogue
31. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews are from What show
My Fair Lady
The savoy operas
Oklahoma
Middle ages
32. Who is the star of sweet charity
Gwen verdon
Agnes de mille
Jule Styne
Jerome kern
33. What was the original name of West Side Story
Choreographer
Cole porter
East Side Story
The savoy operas
34. What is another name for the book and lyrics
Libretto
Annie get your gun
The pajama game
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
35. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
Swing
Took to the streets and traveled -
A trip to chinatown
Jule Styne
36. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s
Nine
War
Someone to watch over me
Director
37. Where they fly things on stage
Fly loft
Changing masks and costumes
The pajama game
Brigadoon
38. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
Jule Styne
A trip to chinatown
Oklahoma
Greeks
39. G: in which centuries were these festivals held
Producer
The romantic musicals
Moliere
4th and 5th centuries bce
40. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Commedia dell-arte
No no nanette
Richard rodgers
Popular entertainments
41. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london
Oklahoma
The merry widow
South pacific
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
42. What show are -i wish i were in love again - where or when - my funny valentine - johnny one note - the lady is a tramp
Carol Channing
Betty comden and adolph green
Babes in arms
Ray Bolger
43. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero
Damn yankees
4th and 5th centuries bce
Gwen verdon
The student prince
44. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate
Gene kelly
Cole porter
Catholic church
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
45. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
Sally
Jerome Robbins
The belle of new york
Carousel
46. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written
Leonard bernstein
Ethel merman
James michener
Conductor
47. Who wrote the music for Gypsy
Oh Kay
Jule Styne
Deus ex machina
Gestures and poses
48. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call
Victor herbert
Stand by
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Carousel
49. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?
The merry widow
Mimes
Rodgers and hammerstein
Court nobility
50. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Gene kelly
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Political satire