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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






2. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






3. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






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






5. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






6. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






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






8. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






9. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






10. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






11. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






12. G: how did they play female roles






13. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea






14. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






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






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






17. Who wrote Little Johnny Jones






18. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






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






20. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






21. Ertha Kitta and Melba Morre in this Black variation of KIsmet






22. What was the biggest contribution of the Romans to theatre






23. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady






24. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






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






26. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa






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






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






29. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






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






31. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






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






33. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






34. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






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


36. Who picks the actors?






37. Thespis ________ greek mythology






38. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






39. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






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






41. G: How many women were in a Greek Chorus?






42. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






43. What character are in anything goes






44. Lotte Lenya is from What show






45. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






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






47. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






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






49. Who wrote the music for show boat






50. Who is the star of Sally