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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






2. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






3. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






4. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






5. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






6. What happened to George Gershwin two years after Porgy and Bess opened?






7. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






8. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






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






10. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






11. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






12. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical






13. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






14. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






15. What was the quintessential musical of teh 1920s






16. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






17. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






18. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






19. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess






20. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






21. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






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






23. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






24. What character are in anything goes






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






26. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s






27. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






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






29. What was the name of that piece written by william gilbert and arthur sullivan for the christmas piece






30. What does 'renaissance' mean






31. Who picks the actors?






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






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






34. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






35. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes






36. What comic duo used immigrant stereotypes for their comedy and were extremely 'politically incorrect?'






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






38. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






39. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






40. 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'






41. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






42. G: how did they play female roles






43. Who is the composer for wonderful town






44. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






45. Who is the star of sweet charity






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






47. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






48. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






49. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






50. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions