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Which is a feature of Company?
What is a leitmotif?
Broadway in the 70's Review
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1
What is a leitmotif?
A musical theme that repeats
A musical theme that represents a person, thing, or emotion
A musical theme that is written to be sung
A musical theme that is played softly
2
Which is a feature of
Company
?
The songs comment on the action rather than grow out of it
The orchestra is on stage
The characters rarely sing thier own feelings
No Linear plot
3
What was a special feature of the song “Please, Hello” from
Pacific Overtures
?
Each featured country was written in a specific style
Sondheim based it on traditional Japanese folk music
It was in an unusual time signature
It was atonal
4
How is
Pippin
reflective of the "Me" Mentality?
The show is a play within a play
The show is told from Pippin's point of view
Pippin spends the show trying to find where he fits in
The characters only act to fulfill their own needs
5
Which types of musicals were battling for supremacy in the 1970's?
Revues
Rock Musicals
Traditional Musicals
Concept Musicals
6
How were
Little Shop of Horrors
and
Grease
similar musically?
Both were written by the same composer
They are not similar at all
Both were written with 50’s style music
Both were written by the same composer
7
Why was
Grease
a hit in the 1970s?
The songs became radio hits
Because the cast was full of stars of the day
The audience was the greasers and teenyboppers from the 50s
The show was the first to have a major TV ad campaign
8
Which musical was the prototype for the Fragmented musical?
Cabaret
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Company
Hair
9
What was Fosse's first show as choreographer?
Kiss Me, Kate
The Pajama Game
Chicago
Cabaret
10
Which is NOT a trend of musical theater in the 1970's?
Disco began being used in musicals
Foreshadowing of a big budget musicals
Message first philosophy became mroe intense
Battle between the traditional, concept, and rock musicals
11
How did
Godspell
reflect the "Me" mentality?
The show focused on Judas' feelings of fear
The show focused solely on the feelings of Jesus
The disciples were asked to look inside themselves for good
The show is told from a first person perspective
12
Which Sondheim show addresses the nature of art itself?
Sweeney Todd
Assassins
Into the Woods
Sunday in the Park with George
13
Sondheim studied composition with which classical composer?
John Adams
Milton Babbit
John Cage
Edgard Varese
14
Sondheim collaborated with what director for six of his biggest hits?
Jerome Robbins
None. He directed shows himself
Gower Champion
Hal Prince
15
How did Broadway respond to the demand for nostalgia?
Few producers were willing to risk money on new material
The Tony Award committee created a category for Best Revival
Broadway ignored the trend
Broadway wrote shows in an older style
16
Who were the composer and lyricist for
Little Shop of Horrors
?
John Kander and Fred Ebb
Howard Ashmen and Alan Menken
Andrew Lloyd-Weber and Tim Rice
The Pajama Game
17
Which director was known for his realistic treatment of romance?
Hal Prince
Micheal Bennett
Gower Champion
Cameron Mackintosh
18
Which actress was nominated for, or won, the Tony for Best Actress in five Bob Fosse shows
Liza Minelli
Gwen Verdon
Ann Reinking
Jessica Lange
19
What is the title of this song?
Summer Nights
Somewhere that's Green
Little Shop of Horrors
Suddenly Seymour
20
What was the first rock opera on Broadway?
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Rent
Hair
Sweeney Todd
21
Which show was the first to advertise on national TV?
Hair
Company
Pippin
Cats
22
What show is this from?
Grease
A Chorus Line
Jesus Christ, Superstar
Godspell
23
What did Micheal Bennett use to develop
A Chorus Line
?
His own personal expierence
Based it on his favorite childhood novel
Interviews and workshops with gypsies
The situation was entirely created by Bennett
24
What is the title of this song?
Company
A Little Priest
Chromolune #7 / Putting it Together
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
25
What show is this from?
A Chorus Line
Company
Sunday in the Park with George
Into the Woods
26
Why is
A Chorus Line
considered a fragmented musical?
It is based on real life experiences
There is a theme of introspection
The story is told in three sections
Each of the dancer's stories do not relate to each other
27
Sondheim was mentored by which Golden Age Composer?
Alan Lerner
Oscar Hammerstein
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
28
What is the title of this song?
Heaven on their Minds
Gethsemane
Everything's Alright
Day by Day
29
What was Sondheim’s first full musical?
Sweeney Todd
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Company
Into the Woods
30
What show is this from?
Sunday in the Park with George
Company
Into the Woods
Sweeney Todd
31
What is the title of this song?
Being Alive
Sunday
Children will Listen
Putting it Together
32
Sondheim got his big break writing the lyrics for which show?
West Side Story
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
33
Which are elements of Fosse's dance style?
Leaps and turns
Use of Bowler hats and gloves
Isolation of body parts
Suggestive hip movements
34
What show is this from?
Little Shop of Horrors
Grease
Godspell
A Chorus Line
35
What was Sondheim's most complex score?
Sweeney Todd
Assassins
Into the Woods
Company
36
What type of musical represented the splintered, inward perspective of Americans in the 1970s?
Rock Musicals
Nostalgic Musicals
Fragmented Musicals
Book Musicals
37
What is the title of this song?
Nothing
At the Ballet
Day by Day
Somewhere that's Green
38
Who was the director and choreographer of
A Chorus Line
?
Susan Stroman
Stephen Sondheim
Micheal Bennett
Hal Price
39
Who composed
Jesus Christ, Superstar
?
John Kander
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Howard Ashman
Stephen Sondheim
40
Who was the composer for
Pacific Overture?
Micheal Bennett
Stephen Sondheim
Jule Styne
Bob Fosse
41
Why was
Annie
a major hit in the 1970s?
It was optimistic during hard times in real life
It used star performers
It was the first to advertise on national television
No one really knows because the songs are really annoying
42
What was the longest running retro revue on Broadway?
A Grand Night for Singing
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Tintypes
Ain't Misbehavin'
43
What show is this from?
Little Shop of Horrors
Grease
Pacific Overtures
Godspell
44
How is a concept musical different from a revue?
A revue has a linear plot
There are consistent characters in a concept musical
There are consistent characters in a revue
A concept musical is based on a theme
45
Fosse is the only director to win what awards in the same year?
Grammy
Tony
Oscar
Emmy
