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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, music
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1. Choreographer of Guys and Dolls






2. Rudolf Friml's Rose marie was successful because of its ___________ __________.






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






4. What actress came up with the idea of adapting the diaries into the King and I






5. Imported pieces frequently adapted the comedy for local taste by _______ the level of the comedy






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






7. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Wonderful Town






8. Which musical features the Devil and Lola making a deal with Joe Hardy - - turning him into a home-run-hitting hero






9. Eventually gilbert and sullivan developed their own style and no longer simply __________ styles of the period






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






11. What was the subject of Of Thee I Sing






12. Who wrote the book - lyrics and music for the Music Man






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






14. Who played King Mongkut in the King and I






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






16. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






17. tony - maria - anita - bernardo are from What show






18. What musical by harry tierney established the beginnings of 'the cinderella era' in 1919






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






20. Who wrote the music for porgy and bess






21. Alan-a-Dale is a ___________role because it features a woman dressed as a man






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






23. for the most part we know specific songs form 1930s musicals that made it into the popular repertoire but we no longer associate them with ___________.






24. Nathan Detroit - Sky Masterson and Adelaide are from What show






25. Who is the composer for wonderful town






26. Does deus ex machina mean 'a turntable?'






27. Lotte Lenya is from What show






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






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






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






31. New York - New York - come up to my place - lonely town are from What show






32. Who stages the dances?






33. Who wrote the music for show boat






34. Which character sings 'soliloquey' in carousel






35. Who is the composer/lyricist team for South Pacific






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






37. Or whom were the best songs from anything goes originally written






38. F:who took over those roles






39. What character are in anything goes






40. What was one of the main distinctions between grand opera and comic opera






41. nellie forbush and Emile de Becque are form What show






42. Ethel Merman as an overbearing stage mother In What show






43. G: What were the theatre festivals of Athens called?






44. Rudolf Friml wrote a musical set in exotic Canada and featured 'Indian Love Call' and 'Totem Tom-Tom' What was the name of the musical






45. Who was the producer that moved gilbert and sullivan works to the savoy theatre

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46. Why was the plot of Anything Goes changed before opening






47. Actors used standard ________ recognizable by audience






48. Which sigmund romberg romantic musical is considered the best of the genre






49. The lyricist and the composer are not always the...






50. What musical is an adaption of the fairytale The Princess and The Pea