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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






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






3. ____________ presents men better than they are...






4. Who wrote the lyrics for west side story and gypsy






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






6. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






7. 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






8. 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 ___________.






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






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






11. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






12. 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






13. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






14. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






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






16. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






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






18. What show is i want to be happy






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






20. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






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






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






23. What show is -the continental






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






25. What was the 1927 musical about college life






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






27. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?






28. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






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






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






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






32. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality

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






34. What character are in anything goes






35. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






36. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?






37. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






38. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






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






41. Mary Martin played a novice at the Nonnberg Abbey In What show






42. Who picks the actors?






43. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






44. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.






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






46. Who was the foremost composer in the field of comic opera






47. Who wrote the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones






48. Maria in the Movie version of The SOund of Music






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






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







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