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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






2. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






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






4. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical






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






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






7. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






8. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






9. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






10. What character are in anything goes






11. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






12. What show is -love is sweeping the country






13. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






14. Who is the composer of Can-Can






15. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






16. What show is i want to be happy






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






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






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






20. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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21. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what






22. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






23. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name






24. What show is i want to be happy






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






26. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






27. Who is the composer of the music man






28. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






29. In the 1920s what genre of musical theatre was just as popular as the musical comedies and used colorful times and places dashing and dramatic tales and a much wider musical palette






30. where did performers go






31. Who is the composer of the King and I






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






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






34. G: What does BCE mean?






35. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






36. What was Oh Kays most famous song






37. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






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






39. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






40. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






41. Who is the composer of Candide






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






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






44. 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?






45. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






46. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






47. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






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






49. Laurie's dream ballet






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