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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






2. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'






3. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






4. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






5. What was the original name of West Side Story






6. Who is responsible for coordinating the designs and the actors






7. What was the structure of each entry in the city Dionysia






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






9. 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?






10. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






11. What show was the music by goerges bizet with lyrics by oscar hammerstein II






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






13. knows the role but not in show every night - wait for a phone call






14. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






15. What was the name of the show boat in show boat






16. On your Toes mixes two things together. What are they?






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






18. Who writes the melodies - harmonies - and accompaniment?






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






20. Who is the composer for on the town






21. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow






22. What was the setting for Kismet






23. Acting styles became more naturalistic as the productions _____________ ______________.






24. Where they fly things on stage






25. F: who orginally performed in these pieces?






26. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






27. Greek: 534 BCE






28. G: Actors were typecast by their _____?






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






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






31. what did the gilbert and sullivan works become known as after this move






32. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






33. Who stated in his 'republic' that poets(playwrights) tell corrupting lies about men and the gods?






34. Choreographer of the King and I and remembered his version of 'The Small House of Uncle Thomas'






35. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






36. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






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






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






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






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






41. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






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






43. King Mongkut and Anna are from What show






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






45. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters






46. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






47. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






48. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






49. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






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