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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. who condemned the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality






2. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






3. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






4. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






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






6. Who wrote the lyrics and the book for On the Town






7. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






8. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






9. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






10. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






11. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






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






13. What is Bali H'ai from






14. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?






15. Who is the Composer/lyricist team for My Fair Lady






16. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






17. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I






18. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






19. What show is -i got rhythm






20. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






21. What was Oh Kays most famous song






22. In which plays would you find the stories of the lives of 'noble' persons






23. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






24. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






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






26. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






27. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






28. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






29. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






30. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






31. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






32. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






33. Robert Preston as a conman In What show






34. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






35. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






36. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






37. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






38. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom






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






40. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






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






42. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






43. What character are in anything goes






44. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






45. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






46. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






47. What was a 'claquer?'






48. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






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






50. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays