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Musical Theatre
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performing-arts
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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. What was the first international american hit (1874)?
Evangeline
Parodied
Mary martin
Of thee i sing
2. Who stages the dances?
His 'confessions'
Choreographer
Rose marie
Gwen verdon
3. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
Public enemy no. 13
HMS pinafore
Lerner and Loewe
Guys and Dolls
4. G: Male actors played...
Female roles
Parodied
Jerome kern
Cole porter
5. Which musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pigmalion
My fair lady
BC
Carmen jones
Kiss me - kate
6. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.
Patriotic
Once upon a mattress
A stevedore
His 'confessions'
7. Which Bernstein musical is an adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire of the same name
Meredith wilson
Candide
Catholic church
The belle of new york
8. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel
Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Billy bigelow
Kurt Weill
The pajama game
9. Who is The Threepenny Opera composer
My fair lady
Kurt Weill
Masks and costumes
Public enemy no. 13
10. Which is about a prince going to school in heidelberg - germany
The student prince
West side story
Yul Brenner
Once upon a mattress
11. Although it was their 3rd show together Which musical secured the fame of the musical-writing team of lerner and loewe
New comedy
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
Brigadoon
My Fair Lady
12. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show
Harry tierney
Marilyn Miller
Michael Kidd
On the town
13. What was the 1927 musical about college life
Good news
Catholic church
Brigadoon
Comedies
14. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters
The Threepenny Opera
Gene kelly
Guys and Dolls
Masks and costumes
15. Who composed the music for Irene
Ira gershwin and dubose heyward
Harry tierney
Frank Loesser
Pants role or trousers role
16. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience
Georges balanchine
Eliza Doolittle
Kiss me - Kate
Gestures and poses
17. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period
Nine
The new moon
Richard d'oyly carte
The marx brothers
18. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan
Agnes de Mille
HMS pinafore
Angel
BC- before christ
19. Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg were composers of __________ musicals.
His 'confessions'
Richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein
None all men
Romantic
20. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories
The belle of new york
South pacific
Mary rodgers
Pageant wagons and mansions
21. 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?
Kiss me - kate
Crazy for you
Gertrude Lawrence
Candide
22. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy
Mimes
Betty comden and adolph green
George and Ira Gershwin
The doctor of alcantara
23. in 1983 a huge production of porgy and bess played what 6000 seat theatre in NYC?
3 to 5
Radio city music hall
Richard Rodgers and OScar Hammerstein
Jerome kern
24. G: Who was obliged have the chorus trained
Jerome kern and oscar hammerstein II
Music director
Stephen Sondheim
Producer
25. What does 'renaissance' mean
Lowering
The black chorus and white chorus had equal time on stage and they sang together
Rebirth
Gypsy
26. Who made in dahomey unique
Babes in arms
Bernstein and Sondheim
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Written mostly by black writers and songwriters for black actors and singers
27. where did performers go
Ethel merman
Producer
Took to the streets and traveled -
Good news
28. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress
Ray bolger
Gertrude lawrence
Mary Rodgers - daughter of Richard Rodgers
He was the producer
29. Who is the composer of Candide
Of thee i sing
Crazy for You
Director
Leonard bernstein
30. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?
My Fair Lady
New comedy
Gypsy
A trip to chinatown
31. What team wrote the Sound of music
West side story
Mary rodgers
Billy bigelow
Rodgers and hammerstein
32. Who hires the creative team for a production?
Producer
Comic opera
The king and I
Michael Kidd
33. What was the biggest hit from girl crazy
My fair lady
Spectacle
I got rhythm
Female roles
34. Who writes the storyline and the book of a musical?
'The Newgate pastoral' 'the beggars opera'
The girl friend and a connecticut yankee
He was the producer
Playwright
35. Girl Crazy was remade in 1992 into What show
Porgy and Bess Folk opera
Carmen jones
George and Ira Gershwin
Crazy for You
36. Commedia performers used...
Frank Loesser
Jerome kern
Slapsticks
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
37. Who is the composer for wonderful town
I got rhythm
City dionysia
Carmen jones
Leonard bernstein
38. What is the 'conditional love song' found early in Carousel that is sung by julie and billy bigelow
Adonis
Court nobility
If i loved you
Kismet
39. What was Oh Kays most famous song
Someone to watch over me
Disappears
Popular entertainments
George m. cohan
40. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?
Nine
Music director
Producer
Victor herbert
41. What actor/dancer was introduced in the show and is most famous for his portrayal of teh Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz
Restoration
Comedy
Ray Bolger
Rodgers and hammerstein
42. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what
The belle of new york
False- it was considred a romantic musical
Public enemy no. 13
Producer
43. Pal Joey was written by...
Of thee i sing
The preposterous libretti that accompanied them
Thespis
Rodgers and Hart
44. Oh What a beautiful mornin - people will say we're in love - the surrey with the fringe on top - I cain't say no - kansas city - all er nuthin' are from What show
Once upon a mattress
Witty dialogue
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma
45. Who is the composer / lyricist team for Porgy and Bess
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Producer
George and ira gershwin
Georges balanchine
46. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?
No - it only ran 124 performances and lost money
None all men
Annie get your gun
Same person
47. What character are in anything goes
Reno sweeney - billy crocker - hope harcourt - moon-face mooney
Popular dance
If i loved you
The Sound of Music
48. Who was the choreographer for Brigadoon
Agnes de mille
The serenade and the fortune teller
New comedy
Athens
49. Laurie is from What show
Oklahoma
South pacific
None all men
Commedia dell-arte
50. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?
Georges balanchine
My Fair Lady
The doctor of alcantara
War