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Musical Theatre
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1. G: The first dramatic festivals were sponsored by what city-state?
Athens
Popular entertainments
St. Augustine
Frank Loesser
2. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
Burlesqued
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
3. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific
Public enemy no. 13
Athens
West side story
James michener
4. what institution thought theatre was immoral and issued edicts forbidding it
Catholic church
Carmen jones
George and Ira Gershwin
24
5. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show
Gypsy
South pacific
Crazy for You
Borrowed tunes
6. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly
Carol Channing
Victor herbert
The doctor of alcantara
Jerome kern
7. who are the producers for Annie get your gun
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Horace
Betty comden and adolph green
Ray bolger
8. what cellist for the metropolitan opera wrote Babes in Toyland - The Red Mill - and Naughty Marietta?
Victor herbert
Cole porter
Ethel merman
Rex Harrison
9. Who stages the dances?
Cole porter
Choreographer
Between sections of the Greek Comedy Plays
No
10. 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'
Brigadoon
Choreographer
Michael Kidd
Female roles
11. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Tragedy
The music man
Gypsy
12. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady
The new moon
Libretto
Rex Harrison
Eliza Doolittle
13. Which musical was written by adler and ross and featured the numbers 'Fernando's Hideaway' and 'steam Heat'
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The pajama game
Harry tierney
Yul Brenner
14. Robert Preston as a conman In What show
Oklahoma
Lyricist
Gertrude Lawrence
The music man
15. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Director
Good news
George and Ira Gershwin
Ethel merman
16. Who is the composer of the King and I
Richard rodgers
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Evangeline
Julie Andrews
17. Who writes the words to the songs?
My fair lady
William gilbert and arthur sullivan
Bob Fosse
Lyricist
18. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre
Victor herbert
HMS pinafore
The desert song
Ethel merman
19. Who is the star of sweet charity
Gwen verdon
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
Improved libretti and uniquely american music
20. G: Male actors played...
Female roles
Threepenny opera
Plato
Kiss me - Kate
21. G: What is BCE same as
Agnes de mille
BC- before christ
The belle of new york
No no nanette
22. F:who took over those roles
Lyricist
Professional perfomers
George m. cohan
Once upon a mattress
23. What was the characters name in Gypsy that was an overbearing stage mom
Rose marie
Stephen sondheim
Toured for four years under state department and played in 28 countries through Europe
Mama rose
24. What show is i want to be happy
3 to 5
No no nanette
Mary martin
Bob Fosse
25. Who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
Gertrude Lawrence
Oklahoma
Eliza Doolittle
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
26. what are the trhee things that roman playwright Plautus introduced into his plays??
South pacific
Lavish scenery and scantily clad ladies
Yul Brenner
More elaborate plots - song and dance - assigned material directly to chorus
27. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
Brigadoon
Oklahoma
Playwright
The book
28. What is a person who invests money in a production called?
Kiss me - Kate
Angel
The king and i
The cotton blossom
29. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s
Nine
Cole porter
Music director
West side story
30. What was the most famous English-language popular entertainment...
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31. What does 'renaissance' mean
Satyr plays
Comedy
Rebirth
He was the producer
32. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Good news
Leonard Bernstein
Oklahoma
Jule Styne
33. In the show - but will cover multiple roles
Playwright
Swing
Timbuktu
Patriotic
34. The musical based on the lives of the Trapp Family Singers
Carmen jones
The Sound of Music
An ocean liner the ss morro castle burst into flames
Rodgers and hammerstein
35. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific
Oklahoma
On your toes
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
The king and i
36. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
Damn yankees
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Pageant wagons and mansions
Babes in arms
37. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific
Billy bigelow
Enzio pinza
Meredith wilson
Witty dialogue
38. What operetta written by Franz Lewhar was originally porduced in Vienna in 1905 but became a smash hit in both London and New York?
Producer
It was a genuine American opera-bouffe
Comedy
The merry widow
39. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment
Athens
Swing
John Gay
The merry widow
40. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes
Sally
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Oil lamps
Stand by
41. what musical featured the number 'Love is Sweeping the COuntry?'
Of thee i sing
Disappears
Same person
Gertrude Lawrence
42. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for The Pajama Game
Candide
Richard rodgers
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Gertrude lawrence
43. What show is -love is sweeping the country
Horace
The belle of new york
Producer
Of thee i sing
44. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
Romantic music
Mimes
The Sound of Music
Popular entertainments
45. Who wrote Oh - Kay?
Oklahoma
Parodied
George gershwin
Irene
46. Bloody Mary is from What show
South pacific
Crazy for You
Can-can
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
47. Who is the composer/lyricist team for The King and I
Rodgers and hammerstein
Catholic church
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Gertrude Lawrence
48. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
The contemporary dance piece Slaughter on Tenth Ave
Comedy
The book uncle toms cabin
49. which form included fairytales - fantastical spectacles - and burlesques?
Mama rose
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
The music man
Popular entertainments
50. Pal joey introduced the ________ into the types of musical theatre characters
Anti-hero
Rose marie
Once upon a mattress
Restoration
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