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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






2. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






3. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






4. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






5. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






6. G: How many lead actors were there?






7. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






8. Do you find socially oriented domestic stories in old or new comedy






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






10. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






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






12. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






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






14. Who is the composer of the music man






15. What production featured an actress in the role of Alan-a-Dale singing 'oh - Promise me?'






16. Who is the composer of Guys and Dolls






17. What is a person who writes a libretto called...






18. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






19. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.






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






21. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






22. Greek: 534 BCE






23. Mama rose is from What show






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






25. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






26. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess






27. 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?






28. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






29. What is a 'pasticcio' score






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






31. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom






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






33. Lotte Lenya is from What show






34. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical






35. 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?






36. What was the 1927 musical about college life






37. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






38. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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






40. Laurie's dream ballet






41. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






42. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






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






44. Who picks the actors?






45. where did performers go






46. Who wrote the music for show boat






47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat






48. Which musical is set in Bangkok and is based on the diaries of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens






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






50. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?