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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character
Candide
Commedia dell-arte
The doctor of alcantara
Richard rodgers
2. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?
The book
George gershwin
Victor herbert
Bert williams and george walker
3. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon
Someone hired to applaud and cheer
The merry widow
Cole porter
Agnes de Mille
4. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady
Agnes de mille
Angel
Julie Andrews
Jerome kern
5. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Crazy for you
Jerome robbins
Popular dance
6. What characters are in show boat
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7. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story
Jerome robbins
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
King Louis XIV
Gestures and poses
8. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
Good news
The new moon
Voice type
Harrigan and hart
9. The music of compsoer Alexander borodin was adapted into this musical
Kismet
Gwen verdon
Agnes de mille
Eliza Doolittle
10. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Kiss me - kate
The king and I
Kiss me - kate
11. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
Popular entertainments
BC- before christ
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Guys and Dolls
12. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man
Of thee i sing
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Official beginning of western theatre
Meredith wilson
13. Pal Joey was written by...
No no nanette
Playwright
Rodgers and Hart
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
14. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??
Entertainments
The king and i
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
15. Who is the overall head of the production and has 'the final say?'
Swing
Anything goes
Producer
Orchestration
16. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
The shows they came from
Swing
South pacific
17. A composer does not always write the __________ of the music.
Mama rose
Orchestration
My Fair Lady
Carol Channing
18. G: The chorus usually had _____ members
24
Girl crazy in 1930 and of thee i sing in 1931
Anti-hero
Gestures and poses
19. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show
Guys and Dolls
New comedy
Cole porter
Political satire
20. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters
Angel
City dionysia
On your toes and babes in arms
Masks and costumes
21. G: in which centuries were these festivals held
Rebirth
Cole porter
4th and 5th centuries bce
Permissiveness and crazes
22. Laurie is from What show
It has more rodgers and hart hits than any other of their musicals
The romantic musicals
Oklahoma
Mimes
23. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)
Gertrude Lawrence
Music: Bernstein and Book and lyrics: Adolph Green
Ethel merman
Spectacle
24. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'
Cole porter
Mary martin
King Louis XIV
Mama rose
25. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...
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26. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move
The savoy operas
Satyr plays
Gene kelly
Brigadoon
27. The early Roman Empire was mostly concern with ________?
War
Irving Berlin
Gene kelly
John Gay
28. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
Oklahoma
West side story
The merry widow
Timbuktu
29. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
No no nanette
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
None all men
No no nanette
30. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time
Rex Harrison
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Tragedies - comedies - and satyr plays
Oklahoma
31. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
South pacific
Oh Kay
Angel
Comedy
32. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london
Slapsticks
John Hollingshead
Popular entertainments and comic opera
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
33. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
Court nobility
Producer
Kiss me - kate
The pajama game
34. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Same person
He died in 1937
The king and i
The music man
35. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?
Same person
The desert song - the student prince - the new moon
Playwright
Ray Bolger
36. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
Nine
George gershwin
Gertrude Lawrence
A trip to chinatown
37. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'
Ethel merman
Marilyn Miller
Tragedies
No
38. Who is the composer and lyricist for anything goes
St. Augustine
Cole porter
Yul Brenner
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
39. Who is frequently responsible for the 'vision' or 'concept' of a production?
Director
The cotton blossom
The music man
False it was stylized
40. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Rodgers and hammerstein
City dionysia
Tearly Roman empire
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
41. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
The music man
New comedy
American politics
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
42. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Choreographer
Oklahoma
Librettist
43. G: What does BCE mean?
Before common era
Gertrude Lawrence
Gwen verdon
Producer
44. In the 1860s successful shows in NYC had two elements common. What were they?
The belle of new york
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Conductor
Orchestration
45. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?
South pacific
Ray Bolger
Adonis
BC
46. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
Of thee i sing
The new moon
George and ira gershwin
Athens
47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Show Boat
Guys and Dolls
Annie get your gun
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Conductor
48. What show is the song bewitched from
Romantic
He died in 1937
The music man
Pal Joey
49. Greek: 534 BCE
Bernstein and Sondheim
Nine
South pacific
Official beginning of western theatre
50. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?
Popular entertainments and comic opera
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Sally
Meredith wilson