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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






2. Lotte Lenya is from What show






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






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






5. ________ wrote new lyrics for this English popular entertainment






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






7. Eventually gilbet and sullivan used ___________ plots






8. What is the most significant and influential part of On Your Toes






9. Was Porgy & Bess a commercial success in its first run?






10. Who was introduced in Gentlemen Perfer Blondes and would go on to star in Hello Dolly






11. The '___________' period refers to royalty being 'restored' to the throne of england






12. G: Who paid the salaries of actors






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






14. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






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






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






17. Who is the composer for on the town






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






19. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






20. Lilo and Gwen Verdon come from What show






21. Who is the composer for Annie Get Your Gun






22. Who wrote Oh - Kay?






23. Who is the composer for Gentleman Perfer Blondes and Gypsy






24. Who designs the clothing worn by the actors in a production?






25. What is a 'pasticcio' score






26. Which romberg romantic musical contains more popularly known and loved songs than any other romantic musical of the period






27. What does 'renaissance' mean






28. What was the setting for Kismet






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






30. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






31. whose plays did the romans steal as the basis for their plays






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






33. What show is 'broadway melody' from






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






35. what form contained abusive and obsene festival verses and stock characters






36. What was the setting for Kismet






37. What was 'slaughter on tenth avenue' from ON YOUR TOES choreographed by






38. What show is 'doIn what comes natur'lly - you can't get a man with a gun - there's no business like show business - anything you can do'






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






40. acotrs in commedia wore __________ and __________ that identified the characters






41. Who is the composer for wonderful town






42. Who was the manager for the Gaiety theatre in london






43. What is 'someone to watch over me' from?






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






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






46. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Girl Crazy






47. what technical advancement allowedd the plays to be performed indoors and at night






48. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






49. What instruments accompanied the dancing






50. In Greek Comedy - when did the various acts (similiar to vaudeville- songs - dances - chorus girls - animal acts - magicians - jugglers etc) perform