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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Bloody Mary is from What show






2. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






3. Yul Brener and Gertrude Lawrence star In What show






4. Who picks the actors?






5. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?






6. Who was the most successful composer of American comic opera (american opera-bouffe)?






7. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






8. G: Greek actors had...






9. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






10. What characters are in show boat

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






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






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






14. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






15. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






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






17. Who is the composer of Can-Can






18. What claim to fame does babes in arms have






19. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






20. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






21. Sweet Charity's Director/choreographer






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






23. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






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






26. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...

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27. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?






28. What is a 'pasticcio' score






29. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






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






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






32. In Greek theatre ____________ was eliminated






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






34. G: the acting style of greek tragedy was very naturalistic






35. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






36. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






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






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






39. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game






40. 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






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






42. G: What does BCE mean?






43. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






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






45. Commedia performers used...






46. what did florence ziegfeld have to do with the original production






47. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






48. Who is the composer of Can-Can






49. Who composed the music for Irene






50. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?