quiz 2

Question 1

who wrote the music and lyrics to guys and dolls?

Answer 1

frank loesser

Question 2

what famous choreographer was known for his stylized movement that conformed to his unique manner of dancing? He choreographed damn yankees, the pajama game, chicago, sweet charity and Pippin?

Answer 2

Bob Fosse

Question 3

what show won a pulitzer prize and dealt with a window washer climbing the corporate ladder, while falling love with Rose Mary. He gets out of trouble by singing about the brotherhood of man.

Answer 3

how to succeed in business without even trying

Question 4

what musical dealt with a poor man who steals a pot of gold from a leprechaun? He and his daughter, Sharon, travel from Glocca Morra to a small town near Fort Knox, where they meet share croppers working on a farm owned by woody and his sister Susan the Silent, who couldn’t speak and only communicated through dance. They deal with a racist Senator Billboard Rawkins who wants their land. He is magically turned into an African-American when Sharon makes a wish standing over the leprechaun’s pot of gold

Answer 4

Finian’s Rainbow

Question 5

What show is a musical within a play and features a writer, miguel de cervantes, who must defend himself and his idealistic beliefs about life, honor and nobility to a group of prisoners befor facing the spanish inquisition?

Answer 5

Man of lamancha

Question 6

What classical composer wrote the music for On The Town, Candide and Westside Story?

Answer 6

leonard bernestein

Question 7

What show was known as the “perfect musical comedy” based on the New York characters of Damon Runyon?

Answer 7

Guys and Dolls

Question 8

what musical based on romeo and juliet?

Answer 8

west side story

Question 9

who wrote the music and lyrics for Music man?

Answer 9

meredith wilson

Question 10

show had music by july styne and lyrics by stephen sondheim and dealt with an overbearing stage mother and her daughter who becomes a famous stripper?

Answer 10

Gypsy

Question 11

two writers who created music and lyrics for fantaasticks as well as 110 in the shade and I do, I do

Answer 11

harvery schmidt and tom jones

Question 12

who was director/choreographer of west side story and known to have “ an inexhaustible gift for combining character, comedy and storytelling in dance

Answer 12

jerome robbins

Question 13

writer for book and lyrics (not music) to my fair lady, brigadoon, carmelina, camelot and on a crear day you can see forever?

Answer 13

Alan Jay lerner

Question 14

who was called the father of theatrical jazz dance

Answer 14

jack cole

Question 15

What musical was about Shoeless Joe, a man who sells his soul to the devil so his favorite baseball team, the Washington Senators, can win the pennant? It featured the song “Whatever Lola Wants,” and was choreographed by Bob Fosse.

Answer 15

damn yankees

Question 16

reasons for decline of musical in 1960s

Answer 16

1. social and political changes in country
2. vietnam
3. maturation of the musical form
4. dominance of the r and H form
5. rock and roll
6. competition from electronic media
7. dominance of director/choreographer
8. escalating cost
9. JFK assassination

Question 17

director/actor/producer/author of musicals had a career that spanned 8 decades? often credited with co-authoring the libretto and directed the shows on the town, damn yankees, and a funny thing happened on the way to the forum for broadway?

Answer 17

george abbot

Question 18

who wrote music to mame, hello dolly, and lacage aux folles

Answer 18

jerry herman

Question 19

who wrote buesy music like the song “stormy weather” and “that old black magic” for the shows bloomer girl and st louis woman? he also wrote the music for the wizard of Oz

Answer 19

harold arlen

Question 20

Irving Berlin proved that he could write an integrated musical when penned the music and lyrics for this show that had the songs “Doin’ What Comes Naturally” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business.” It was about Annie Oakley and dealt with the changing role of women in society after World War II.

Answer 20

annie get your gun

Question 21

writer of music and lyrics for musical kiss me kate?

Answer 21

cole porter

Question 22

what play was kiss me kate based on

Answer 22

the taming of the shrew

Question 23

What musical choreographer was known for “…physical, robust, explosive and athletic choreography.” He choreographed Guys and Dolls and the movies Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Hello Dolly.

Answer 23

michael kidd

Question 24

name of the main character in music man?

Answer 24

harold hill

Question 25

what music was chosen for pulitzer prize but not given award because its book writer abe burrows had been accused of being a communist

Answer 25

guys and dolls

Question 26

what was the only rodgers and hammerstein show to win the pulitzer prize? it tackled serius issues of prejudice during world war II

Answer 26

south pacific

Question 27

the most daring and demanding composer-lyricist of his era. mentored by oscar hammerstein II and would go to re-invent the musical in 1960s

Answer 27

stephen sondheim

Question 28

who wrote the music and who wrote the lyrics for fiddler on the roof

Answer 28

bock and harnick

Question 29

who was the main character in fiddler on the roof who sang about tradition but cared so much about his daughters that he was willing to go against it for their happiness?

Answer 29

Tevye

Question 30

who wrote the music to little me, sweet charity, barnum abnd city of angels

Answer 30

Cy Coleman

Question 31

what show began and what show ended the Golden Age of Musical Theater?

Answer 31

Began Oklahoma, ended ?

Question 32

What was the first musical to be produced on Broadway that had music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim?

Answer 32

A Funny Thing happened on the way to the forum

Question 33

what frank loesser show won the pulitzer prize?

Answer 33

how to succeed in business without even trying

Question 34

in the musical west side story what is the name of the main character who isn in love with maria, but can’t break free of the gang life?

Answer 34

Tony

Question 35

names of the two gangs in the musical west side story?

Answer 35

sharks and jets

Question 36

what show was a major flop for rodgers and hammerstein ii? it was a forerunner of the concept musical and featured a greek chorus

Answer 36

Allegro

Question 37

what do we call the dance, typically at the beginning of a show that gives us the theme or idea for the show. the prologue from west side story and the opening dances for carousel and guys and dolls were good examples of this

Answer 37

establishing number

Question 38

what show was about a bunch of new york characters including nathan detroit who are running a floating crap game and need a place to hold it. trying to get money for the game, nathan bets sky masterson that he wont be able to get sarah to go on a date with him; all the while nathan is trying to keep from having to marry his long tim efiance adelaide

Answer 38

Guys and Dolls

Question 39

what is the german word for singing that was used by professor henry higgins in the musical my fair lady. It is a lot like the rap used in the contemporary musical hamilton

Answer 39

sprechgesang or sprechstimme

Question 40

what show features two fathers who pretend to hate each other so their children will fall in love? the children, louisa and matt, want to go on great adventures which all backfire on them and they realize in the end that all they ever needed was each other.

Answer 40

the fantasticks