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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






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






3. The Cocoaunuts and Animal Crackers were written as star vehicles for ....






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






5. Gilbert and sullivan were known for ____________ and briliant burlesque humor






6. In 1935 George Gershwin switched gears and wrote _______________ - which is considered a _________________________.






7. What author of Little Johnny Jone was the son of vaudevillian parents






8. Who was the choreographer for carousel






9. Who is the composer of the King and I






10. Billy Bigelow is form What show






11. What two rodgers and hart shows from the 1930s are done the most today






12. Who is the star of sweet charity






13. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






14. 'The Garden of Eden' Ballet sequence is form What show






15. Who is the composer for on the town






16. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






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






18. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?






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






20. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






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






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






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






24. Professional spotlight was developed in the...






25. who developed the roman rules for drama in 'ars Poetica' - 'the art of Poetry'






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






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






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






29. G: how did they play female roles






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






31. Who is the composer of the King and I






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






33. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






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






35. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






36. G: Male actors played...






37. F:who comissioned lavish 'comedy ballets?'






38. What was the first international american hit (1874)?






39. In the show - but will cover multiple roles






40. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






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






42. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey






43. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






44. Who writes the words to the songs?






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






46. What was another international hit of the late 1890s






47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Brigadoon






48. What team wrote the Sound of music






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






50. Who is the Composer/Lyricist team for Pal Joey