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Flashcards by Alexis Lazarus, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alexis Lazarus
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| Question | Answer |
| Which century is theater considered to have begun? | 8th Century. |
| Which civilization? | Ancient Greece. |
| How did the Roman Catholic Church help the development of theatre throughout the Middle Ages. | Religious plays begun production outside of the Church in the 12th Century. Plays led to growth of towns and formation of guilds. Roman and Greek plays began to be preformed and some even became classics. |
| Two forms of opera that grew out of the Renaissance? | Chamber and Labretto or Comic and Ballet. |
| One of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan? | Pirates of Penzance or H.M.S P |
| Which 1927 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein dealt with a serious social issue? | Show boat- Racial Prejudice/segregation. |
| What famous composer/lyricist team wrote Oklahoma! | Rogers and Hammerstein. |
| Name three other musicals by this team? | Carousel Me and Juliet The King and I |
| Who wrote the modern day "Romeo and Juliet" musical? | Bernstein and Sondheim. |
| What is the name of the musical? | West Side Story. |
| When you don't sing, but speak the words in team with the musical is called? | "Pulling a Rex Harrison". |
| After the actor who played the role of Professor Higgins in the musical? | My Fair Lady. |
| What was the first rock musical? | Hair. |
| Name a movie musical? | Into the Woods OR Song of Music or West Side Story. |
| The four elements of Musical Theatre? | Music, Dance, Songs, Spoken Dialogue. |
| Another form of singing theatre? | Operas. |
| What is "recitative"? | Rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech. |
| Three components of a musical? | Book, Music, Lyrics. |
| What forms the "libretto"? | Story, Character Development, Dramatic Structure. |
| What is the "score"? | Music, Lyrics. |
| Why is it different to other forms of theatre? | Spoken dialogue is in between songs. |
| Two famous musical theaters and locations? | Broadway- NY, USA West End- London, England |
| Name a "book" based musical? | Jekyll & Hyde. |
| Name a musical based on a movie? | Aladdin or Lion King or Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang or Mary Poppins |
| Name two musicals not mentioned in the packet? | Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen. |
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