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Musical Theatre
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1. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse
The puritans took control of the governmetn
Oklahoma
Agnes de Mille
Director
2. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name
My fair lady
Mimes
Candide
Good news
3. What was the continental
Satyr plays
Popular dance
Moved indoors
John Hollingshead
4. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
On the town
Lowering
Oil lamps
Commedia dell-arte
5. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
War
Marilyn Miller
3 to 5
Producer
6. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Gene kelly
Playwright
Guys and Dolls
7. Bloody Mary is from What show
Costume designer
Moved indoors
South pacific
Producer
8. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens
Court nobility
Gestures and poses
The king and I
Stand by
9. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?
George m. cohan
Rose marie
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
10. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Gwen verdon
Angel
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
11. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific
Yul Brenner
Damn yankees
Mary martin
Jerome kern
12. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I
George m. cohan
Babes in arms
Gertrude Lawrence
Producer
13. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
The metropolitan opera
The merry widow
Meredith wilson
BC- before christ
14. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays
He died in 1937
Greeks
Rebirth
Richard d'oyly carte
15. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Meredith wilson
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
The Sound of Music
16. What were the two most popular shows written by the team of rodgers and hart in the 1920s
Mercenary mary
Victor herbert
Took to the streets and traveled -
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
17. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Kiss me - kate
Ancient baghdad
Comic opera had music and dialogue
18. Who is the start of Girl Crazy
Can-can
Julie Andrews
Victor herbert
Ethel merman
19. What show is -love is sweeping the country
John Hollingshead
Voice type
Of thee i sing
South pacific
20. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Timbuktu
Annie get your gun
Gypsy
Athens
21. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
My fair lady
Guys and Dolls
Oklahoma
22. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)
Voice type
Gertrude Lawrence
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Pageant wagons and mansions
23. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun
Cole porter
Richard d'oyly carte
Rebirth
Irving Berlin
24. What is the modern definition of Deus ex machina
Burlesqued
Ethel merman
Crazy for you
A contrived ending
25. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'
Harry tierney
Tearly Roman empire
City dionysia
No
26. What show are 'I Got Rhythm -' 'Someone to Watch Over Me -' 'They Can't Take That Away from Me -' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' from?
Once upon a mattress
State
Before common era
Crazy for you
27. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?
The student prince
Michael Kidd
Victor herbert
Swing
28. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
Annie get your gun
No
My fair lady
Disappears
29. Pal Joey was written by...
Georges balanchine
Crazy for you
Stephen sondheim
Rodgers and Hart
30. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?
The Threepenny opera
Mama rose
Cole porter
Gwen verdon
31. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
Popular entertainments and comic opera
War
Betty comden and adolph green
32. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?
Disappears
Cleverly concoted
Ancient baghdad
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
33. Who is the composer of the music man
My fair lady
Meredith wilson
Gypsy
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
34. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'
Ethel merman
Aristotle
Richard rodgers and lorenzhart
The metropolitan opera
35. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show
Good news
The king and i
Someone to watch over me
Once upon a mattress
36. Laurie's dream ballet
Orchestration
Producer
Permissiveness and crazes
Oklahoma
37. Mama rose is from What show
Romantic
Georges balanchine
Gypsy
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
38. G: The chorus usually had _____ members
Jerome kern
Gestures and poses
24
Mary Martin
39. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Choreographer
Good news
Nine
Ethel merman
40. Who is the dancing star of on your toes
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Director
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Ray bolger
41. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??
Voice type
Richard rodgers
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
24
42. What was Oh Kays most famous song
HMS pinafore
Moliere
Rodgers and hammerstein
Someone to watch over me
43. What character sings 'wouldn't it be lovely' and 'I could have danced all night' in My Fair Lady
4th and 5th centuries bce
Eliza Doolittle
Comic opera
False it was stylized
44. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man
24
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Pants role or trousers role
Gypsy
45. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt
The belle of new york
Mary Martin
Richard rodgers and lorenz hart
Anything goes
46. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave
On your toes
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Frank Loesser
Babes in arms
47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
Sally
Voice type
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
City dionysia
48. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
West side story
Crazy for you
Agnes de Mille
49. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Athens
Agnes de Mille
Jerome Robbins
50. Mama rose is from What show
Gypsy
Richard rodgers
The marx brothers
New comedy
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