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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Mainly though anything goes is about _______ and _____________






2. G: so does western theatre officially begin in the 6th century BC or AD?






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






4. Moon-face mooney tries to escape the long arm of the FBI in Anythign Goes. he is also known as what






5. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






6. Compsoer and lyricist for Kiss me - Kate






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






8. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






9. Who is responsible for designing the environment of a production - the place?






10. Who played Nellie forbush in the original south pacific






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






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






13. Who was the origninal Eliza Doolittle in My Fair lady






14. The ballad of mack the knife and pirate jenny is from What show






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






16. Which musical is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet and is also a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim






17. What was the first international sucess of gilbert and sullivan






18. in 1985 porgy and bess entered the repertory of what company






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






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






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






22. Who is the composer for music man






23. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






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






25. What team wrote the Sound of music






26. What were the two physical structures used at the churches to stage biblical stories






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






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






29. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






30. what playwright and composer did he bring together to write a christmas piece






31. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






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






33. Who wrote 'smoke gets in your eyes'






34. Sigmund romberg wrote three of the most popular romantic musicals of this period. What were they






35. I hate men - so in love - wunderbar - always true to you in my fashion are from What show?






36. Laurie's dream ballet






37. Who is the star of sweet charity






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






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






40. show boat broke gorund in terms of its use in the choruses. What was unique about htem






41. 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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42. Who wrote the music for once upon a mattress






43. Who composed the music for Irene






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






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






46. Which musical is the story of Mama Rose and her daughter - a famous burlesque stripper






47. What two pieces by victor herbert were not considered opera-bouffe?






48. which show from vienna was originally called 'die lustige witwe' and was produced at the dalys theatre in london






49. Who played the Original Professor Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady






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