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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. 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 ___________.






2. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






3. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






4. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained






5. What show is - 'the heather on the hill - come to me - bend to me - waitin for my dearie - ill go home with bonnie jean - its almost like being in love - there - but for you go i'






6. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






7. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






8. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






9. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






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






11. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






12. Who stages the dances?






13. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






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






15. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






16. 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 ___________.






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






18. 'Professor' Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian are from What show






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






20. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






21. Roman theatre: Women performed in...






22. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?






23. What happens to the singing chorus in new comedy?






24. Who composed the music for Irene






25. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






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






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






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






29. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man






30. Who is the composer/lyricist team for West Side Story






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






32. What is a person who invests money in a production called?






33. Where is teh life that late i led - I've come to wive it wealthily in padua - were thine that special face are from What show






34. G: how did they play female roles






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






36. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse






37. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






38. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






39. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






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






41. Who is the composer of Can-Can






42. What comic duo was the show centered around






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






44. E: in 1642 what happeed that caused the theatres to clse






45. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






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






47. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






48. Which musical is based onThe Beggars Opera and featured the music of Kurt Weill - as well as his wife - Lotte Lenya






49. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






50. What claim to fame does babes in arms have