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Musical Theatre
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Thespis
Frank Loesser
New comedy
2. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show
Gypsy
Damn yankees
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Carmen jones
3. Professional spotlight was developed in the...
No no nanette
Middle ages
Rodgers and hammerstein
Popular entertainments
4. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'
The cotton blossom
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Good news
No
5. Who is the composer for music man
Meredith wilson
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Slapsticks
Swing
6. What was the continental
Popular dance
Cole porter
My fair lady
Jerome kern
7. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
Flutes - lyres
Set designer
Evangeline
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
8. What was the setting for Kismet
False- it was considred a romantic musical
The Sound of Music
Ancient baghdad
South pacific
9. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Burlesqued
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Meredith wilson
Gene kelly
10. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
Romantic music
James michener
Agnes de mille
Victor herbert
11. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
The mikado
Oklahoma
Jerome robbins
Director
12. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they
Permissiveness and crazes
Kiss me - kate
John Hollingshead
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
13. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy
War
Jule Styne
Meredith wilson
Cleverly concoted
14. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Irving Berlin
Candide
Mary Martin
Meredith wilson
15. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Producer
His 'confessions'
Yul Brenner
16. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music
Leonard bernstein
American dance music
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Mary Martin
17. Billy Bigelow is form What show
Adonis
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
The music man
Carousel
18. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
Lyricist
Ethel merman
Masks and costumes
Romantic music
19. What is Bali H'ai from
I got rhythm
Oil lamps
A trip to chinatown
South pacific
20. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Brigadoon
Annie get your gun
Radio city music hall
South pacific
21. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Music man
Rodgers and hammerstein
Candide
Carol Channing
22. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Sally
Changing masks and costumes
West side story
A trip to chinatown
23. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.
John Gay
Gestures and poses
Romantic music
Gypsy
24. ____________ presents men better than they are...
Leonard bernstein
Tragedy
Yul Brenner
Kiss me - kate
25. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
West side story
Cole porter
A stevedore
Guys and dolls
26. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they
Tragedy
Slapsticks
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Victor herbert
27. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature
HMS pinafore
BC
Tearly Roman empire
Witty dialogue
28. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
24
Sally
Oklahoma
Anything goes
29. Who composed the music for Irene
His 'confessions'
Billy bigelow
Harry tierney
Angel
30. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Crazy for You
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
Popular dance
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
31. Who is the composer of Can-Can
Gestures and poses
Cole Porter
Commedia dell-arte
No
32. What was the first collaboration between richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Oklahoma
Magnolia hawks - cap'n andy - gaylord ravenal
Agnes de mille
Burlesqued
33. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess
The cotton blossom
3 to 5
George and ira gershwin
Choreographer
34. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine
False- it was considred a romantic musical
South pacific
Oklahoma
Can-can
35. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
Female roles
Mimes
Evangeline
36. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show
Threepenny opera
A stevedore
Ethel merman
The king and i
37. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Romantic
The savoy operas
Ethel merman
38. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
Parodied
Masks and costumes
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
39. What was the original name of West Side Story
Plato
Jerome robbins
East Side Story
Brigadoon
40. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
BC
Ballet and modern dance
His 'confessions'
Ethel merman
41. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Damn yankees
Angel
Comic opera had music and dialogue
My fair lady
42. __________ presents men worse than they are...
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Comedy
Mercenary mary
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
43. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?
Composer
Gwen verdon
Director
Rodgers and Hart
44. Thespis ________ greek mythology
Ray Bolger
Burlesqued
None all men
Victor herbert
45. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Orchestration
My fair lady
Crazy for you
Mama rose
46. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia
Stand by
Gene kelly
Three plays by the same playwright followed by a 4th play that ridiculed the previous three
Plato
47. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
Annie get your gun
Ray bolger
BC- before christ
The king and i
48. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Mimes
The doctor of alcantara
South pacific
49. 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?
Julie Andrews
Lowering
Guys and dolls
Slapsticks
50. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
The Sound of Music
Meredith wilson
The romantic musicals
Georges balanchine