Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of the tradition of music in the theatre?

Accepted Answer

A) classic Greek tragedy that utilized singing and dance accompanied by flutes and other instruments 
B) the twenty-five of thirty-eight of Shakespeare's plays that contain at least some singing 
C) the musical masques (dance-dramas)that English dramatist Ben Jonson wrote for the court of King James I 
D) the medieval Portuguese drama subgenre known as "musical tragedy"

Question 2

Which winner of the 1998 Tony Award for the best musical,directed by avant-garde director-designer Julie Taymor,has become the highest-grossing Broadway play of all time?

Accepted Answer

A) The Lion King 
B) Cats 
C) Jelly's Last Jam 
D) The African Queen

Question 3

Which artist ,credited with changing the face of the American musical,developed a new style featuring disturbing plots,an ironic tone,and sophisticated,intricately rhymed lyrics?

Accepted Answer

A) Stephen Sondheim 
B) Graham Wilson 
C) Peter Brook 
D) Peter Shaffer

Question 4

Which works exemplify a genre characterized by a simple plot,a cast composed strictly of romantic and comedic characters,a wholly unchallenging theme,the presentation of scantily clad women,and abundant singing and dancing,all with little connection to the plot?

Accepted Answer

A) Threepenny Opera,The Ghost Sonata,and The Dream Play 
B) Orpheus in the Underworld,The Merry Widow,and Naughty Marietta 
C) Pal Joey,Sweeney Todd,and Bubbling Brown Sugar 
D) Anything Goes,Funny Face,and A Connecticut Yankee

Question 5

Which city remains the international capital of the world's musical theatre?

Accepted Answer

A) London 
B) Sydney 
C) New York 
D) Paris

Question 6

Which American orchestral conductor and composer left a considerable mark on the musical's golden age with his On the Town,about World War II sailors on leave in Manhattan?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerome Kern 
B) W)S.Gilbert 
C) Leonard Bernstein 
D) Stephen Sondheim

Question 7

Provide a brief outline of the history of musical theatre in America.How would you characterize the development of the genre,from its origins until now,in terms of changes to its themes and techniques? What conclusions can you make about this development? Why are these changes important?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Provide a brief outline of the history...

Question 8

Which full-length black musical comedy challenged the old custom of white actors' "blacking up," was written and performed by African Americans (some in white face),and employed the emerging ragtime musical syncopations of early black revues?

Accepted Answer

A) Bob Cole's A Trip to Coontown (1898) 
B) Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland (1903) 
C) George M.Cohan's Little Johnnie Jones (1904) 
D) J)Leubrie Hill's Darktown Follies of 1914

Question 9

The American Broadway musical dates back to

Accepted Answer

A) the staging of The Black Crook,a melodrama,at Niblo's Garden in New York City in 1866 when a French dance company stranded in the city was added to the show. 
B) the staging of Bob Cole's 1898 A Trip to Coontown,which mixed elements of African American dance with European musical traditions. 
C) the late nineteenth century,when British musicals,such as Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance,gained popularity in America. 
D) 1905,when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,adapted for the stage,was performed in New Orleans in a production that featured improvisations by the actors.

Question 10

Gower Champion was a veteran dancer who returned to the stage in 1960 to stage and choreograph Bye Bye Birdie.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Pick a musical that offers a theatricalized version of a previous play,story,film,or opera.You might consider,for example,West Side Story as an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.Comparing the original and its reinterpretation,address in your essay how a work of art may function as a form of criticism on another work.How does an adaptation highlight selected matters of importance and modify matters of less importance? Recognize the roles of music,dance,acting as well as the design and writing to help make your point.Answers will vary

Accepted Answer

The answer of Pick a musical that offers a theatricalized...

Question 12

The subjects that modern musicals have tackled include gang violence,unemployment,bipolar disorder,suicide,sexual identity,infidelity,immigration,government corruption,race-ethnic relations,and environmental degradation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which award-winning and hugely popular musical,from the creators of TV's South Park,mixes scandalous satire with joyous comedy?

Accepted Answer

A) Sweeney Todd 
B) Les Misérables 
C) The Book of Mormon 
D) Rent

Question 14

All of the following genres contributed to the growth of musical theatre EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) street theatre. 
B) light opera. 
C) ballet. 
D) American minstrel shows.

Question 15

The epoch-defining dance,featured in the hit show Runnin' Wild,that started a national craze was the Jitterbug.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Thematically speaking,the trend for musicals in the twenty-first century has been toward the

Accepted Answer

A) serious,cynical,and even grim,such as gang violence and exploitation of scandal and sexual anomalies. 
B) comedic yet politically engaged. 
C) splashy,spectacular,and purely entertaining. 
D) chamber musical that requires only a few performers and minimal sets.

Question 17

The musical that Susan Stroman directed,which sensitively tells the true story of nine black southern young men between the ages of 13 and 20 who were falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women on a train,used a simple set design,and staged in the format of a minstrel show is called

Accepted Answer

A) Avenue Q. 
B) Contact. 
C) The Scottsboro Boys. 
D) Caroline,or Change.

Question 18

Marc Blitztein's 1938 musical,The Cradle Will Rock was cancelled an hour before its New York opening by government officials who protested the play's "left-wing propaganda."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which production shocked pre-war audiences with its suggestive lyrics about sexual infidelity and shady business ethics?

Accepted Answer

A) Bring in 'Da Noise,Bring in 'Da Funk 
B) Oklahoma! 
C) Pal Joey 
D) Rent

Question 20

Which of the following musicals does NOT explore race and/or ethnic relations?

Accepted Answer

A) George C.Wolfe's Jelly's Last Jam 
B) Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific 
C) Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's Caroline,or Change 
D) Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun

Exam 9: Musical Theatre

Which of the following is NOT an example of the tradition of music in the theatre?

Which winner of the 1998 Tony Award for the best musical,directed by avant-garde director-designer Julie Taymor,has become the highest-grossing Broadway play of all time?

Which artist ,credited with changing the face of the American musical,developed a new style featuring disturbing plots,an ironic tone,and sophisticated,intricately rhymed lyrics?

Which works exemplify a genre characterized by a simple plot,a cast composed strictly of romantic and comedic characters,a wholly unchallenging theme,the presentation of scantily clad women,and abundant singing and dancing,all with little connection to the plot?

Which city remains the international capital of the world's musical theatre?

Which American orchestral conductor and composer left a considerable mark on the musical's golden age with his On the Town,about World War II sailors on leave in Manhattan?

Provide a brief outline of the history of musical theatre in America.How would you characterize the development of the genre,from its origins until now,in terms of changes to its themes and techniques? What conclusions can you make about this development? Why are these changes important?

Which full-length black musical comedy challenged the old custom of white actors' "blacking up," was written and performed by African Americans (some in white face) ,and employed the emerging ragtime musical syncopations of early black revues?

The American Broadway musical dates back to

Gower Champion was a veteran dancer who returned to the stage in 1960 to stage and choreograph Bye Bye Birdie.

The subjects that modern musicals have tackled include gang violence,unemployment,bipolar disorder,suicide,sexual identity,infidelity,immigration,government corruption,race-ethnic relations,and environmental degradation.

Which award-winning and hugely popular musical,from the creators of TV's South Park,mixes scandalous satire with joyous comedy?

All of the following genres contributed to the growth of musical theatre EXCEPT

The epoch-defining dance,featured in the hit show Runnin' Wild,that started a national craze was the Jitterbug.

Thematically speaking,the trend for musicals in the twenty-first century has been toward the

The musical that Susan Stroman directed,which sensitively tells the true story of nine black southern young men between the ages of 13 and 20 who were falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women on a train,used a simple set design,and staged in the format of a minstrel show is called

Marc Blitztein's 1938 musical,The Cradle Will Rock was cancelled an hour before its New York opening by government officials who protested the play's "left-wing propaganda."

Which production shocked pre-war audiences with its suggestive lyrics about sexual infidelity and shady business ethics?

Which of the following musicals does NOT explore race and/or ethnic relations?