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Musical Theatre

Subjects : performing-arts, 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. Who is the composer for wonderful town






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






3. 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'






4. What is Bali H'ai from






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






6. Who sang I got Rhythm in the original show






7. What show is -Blow - gabriel blow - anything goes - youre the top - i get a kick out of you - be like the bluebirt






8. What was the setting for Kismet






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






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


11. Who leads the orchestra in the pit?






12. How many productions did richard rodgers and lorenz hart contribute to broadway in 1930s






13. 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'






14. Which musical deals with the oldest established permenant floating crap game in NY and hinges on a bet as whether Sky can get Sara to fall in love with him?






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






16. Who is the composer/lyricist teams for Damn Yankees






17. What production featured the hit songs 'reuben - reuben' 'the bowery' and 'after the ball'?






18. Who is the composer of Candide






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






20. Which musical deals with racially mixed marriages against the backdrop of WWII






21. Who is the author of Tales of the South Pacific a source material for South Pacific






22. What is the musical that was an all black version of Kismet and starred Eartha Kitt and Melba Moore






23. Why was Of thee I sing unusual for its time






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






25. 1700s- What were the two distinct forms of 'musical theatre' in france in this period?






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






27. Who picks the actors?






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






29. In the ____________ there was little theatre and little literature






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






31. Who was the originalEmile de becque in South Pacific






32. Who is the composer/lyricist team for Babes in Arms






33. who raised comedy to the stature of tragedy






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






35. the dialogue of the play is referred to as what?






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






37. Which plays were burlesque treatments of mythology






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






39. Who is the daughter of a famous composer Who wrote the music for Once Upon a Mattress






40. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






41. What show is -slaughter on 10th ave






42. which had more complicated plots - old or new comedy?






43. His material always had one characteristic throughout all his writing. everything was very _______.






44. G: in which centuries were these festivals held






45. What was Oh Kays most famous song






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






47. What was the longest-running of the gilbert and sullivan comic operas






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






49. Lotte Lenya is from What show






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