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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. ____________ presents men better than they are...






2. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






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






4. Who wrote the script and lyrics for show boat?






5. Who is the composer of Candide






6. What were the two main reasons that the american musicals of the 1920s became so popular






7. Who is the star of Sally






8. 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






9. Who is the composer of Candide






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






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

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12. 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'






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






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






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






16. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






17. Who works directly with the actors/singers/dancers to teach and interpret the music of a production?






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






19. what form started in italy and included stock characters and was lively and vlugar






20. What was the most important reason that Jerome Kern's musicals of the 1930s weren't as successful as Show boat






21. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






22. Which musical was based on william shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew






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






24. F:who took over those roles






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






26. G: Greek actors had...






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






28. Im gonna wash that man right out of my hair - younger than springtime - wonderful guy - cockeyed optimist - this nearly was mine






29. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






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






31. Where they fly things on stage






32. Choreogrpher for Paint Your Wagon






33. G: Male actors played...






34. 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'






35. Choreogrphaer and director for West Side Story






36. which form of musical theatre in this period had music written specifically for the productions






37. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






39. ____________ presents men better than they are...






40. Annie Oakley is from What show






41. What show are -i wish i were in love again - where or when - my funny valentine - johnny one note - the lady is a tramp






42. Who is the composer of Can-Can






43. What is the narative dance sequence 'little house of Uncle Thomas' form the King adn I based on






44. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






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






46. What were harrigan and hart most famous for...






47. In what work does the roman theatre's arousal of passions and though theatre sought to destroy Roman manners and morality

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48. What piece produced in boston was written by two immigrants but is considered the first 'american' piece to be produced?






49. What character are in anything goes






50. Which musical by Meredith Wilson begins on the 4th of July 1912 in River City - Iowa