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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. What play featured henry dixey as 'a pedestal dancer' and was about a statue come to life?






2. Who is the composer for Wonderful Town






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






4. G: how did they play female roles






5. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...

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6. What was significant about a 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess?






7. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Paint Your Wagon






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






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






10. In ___________- actors specialized in one type of character






11. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






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






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






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






15. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?






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






17. What is the biggest single reason that that the shows of the 1920s were more popular






18. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??






19. Bloody Mary is from What show






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






21. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






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






23. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






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






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






26. who are the producers for Annie get your gun






27. Who wrote the music for Gypsy






28. 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 ___________.






29. George Gershwin had two successes in teh 1930s What were they?






30. What comic duo was the show centered around






31. Thespis ________ greek mythology






32. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






33. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






35. Who played Anna in the King and I (stage version)






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






37. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer






38. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion






39. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






40. Who stages the dances?






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






42. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






43. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






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






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






46. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






47. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






48. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






49. Who stages the play and gives the actors their blocking?






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