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






3. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






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






5. Carol Burnett as a princess? In What show






6. Maria in the stage version of The Sound of Music






7. Who was the choreographer for carousel






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






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






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






11. Who is the start of Girl Crazy






12. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






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






14. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?






15. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






16. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






17. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?






18. Who is the composer for music man






19. G: Male actors played...






20. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






21. Who is the composer for wonderful town






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






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






24. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






25. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






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






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






28. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it






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






30. Who wrote the lyrics for Gypsy






31. Where they fly things on stage






32. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






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






34. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






35. Who writes the dialogue for the characters?






36. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






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






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






39. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






40. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






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






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






43. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






44. Who refuted his position in his 'Poetics'






45. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'






46. Who plays reno sweeney in the original anything goes






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






48. What was a 'claquer?'






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






50. Greek: 534 BCE