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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What character are in anything goes






2. Rudolf frimls rose marie is considred a musical comedy true or false?






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






4. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Carousel






5. 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






6. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






7. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






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






9. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






11. What was the continental






12. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany






13. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






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






15. Who is the star of sweet charity






16. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






17. What is the term for 'god from the machine' or 'god in a machine?'






18. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






19. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






20. What is Bali H'ai from






21. Who hires the creative team for a production?






22. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






23. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






24. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






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






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






28. G: Who was responsible for the masks and costumes






29. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






30. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






31. What was the biggest international success of an american musical comedy after no no nanette






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






33. Whatever Lola wants - heart are from What show






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






35. What actress/dancer got better reviews in Can-Can than it's French star LIlo?






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






37. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers






38. What was a 'claquer?'






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






40. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






41. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






42. Who is the choreographer for oklahoma






43. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






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






45. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






46. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






47. Laurie's dream ballet






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






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






50. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on