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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






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

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






4. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






5. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






6. 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






7. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






8. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






9. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






10. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'






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






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






13. What was Oh Kays most famous song






14. Who hires the creative team for a production?






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






16. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






17. G: What does BCE mean?






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






19. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






20. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






21. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






22. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon






23. Who made in dahomey unique






24. G: How many lead actors were there?






25. Who stages the dances?






26. 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?






27. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






28. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






29. Who writes the words to the songs?






30. Who is the composer for on the town






31. G: What does BCE mean?






32. in which plays would you find the stories of ordinary people






33. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






34. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






35. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






36. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






37. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






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






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






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






41. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






42. What was the original name of West Side Story






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






44. What is a 'pasticcio' score






45. __________ presents men worse than they are...






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






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






48. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






49. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






50. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees