5 Written Questions

1. jewish. was in "sunday in the park" and got a Tony nomination
2. these are my friends
3. utilized song and dance to show the story. wanted to achieve a state of ecstasy to get closer to the gods
4. Jonathan Larson
5. AABA format. yankee doodle dandy, grand old flag, star spangled banner. as a performer, he was masculine and athletic. tilted against actors equity

5 Matching Questions

1. shubert theater connection to chorus line
2. matthew broderick
3. trevor nunn and royal shakespear company
4. kern and hammerstein
5. Kander and Ebb did endless revivals of

1. a directed and produced them. later did oklahoma
2. b co producers had contributed "enhancement money" to the project at the public theater
3. c Chicago and Cabaret
4. d "just the way you look tonight"-kern. showboat was first book musical and their first teamed musical
5. e the producers

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. big budget, big cast, big chorus musical
   1. rodgers and hart
   2. rodgers and hammerstein
   3. david merrick and 42nd street
   4. david merrick
2. in the 1980's show's triumph over bigoty was overshadowed by AIDS epidemic
   1. The Lion King
   2. bob fosse
   3. AIDS epidemic
   4. cole porter
3. satirized the military and society. made operetta acceptable for satire, patter songs (key was to make rhyming couplets while making it funny
   1. kern and hammerstein
   2. gilbert and sullivan influences
   3. grand guignol
   4. medieval theater influence
4. was supposed to go into rehearsal on Sept 12, 2001. Postponed again during a series of sniper attacks in Washington DC in 2002
   1. what is Hello Little Girl about in Into the Woods
   2. Diversity in Casting of Miss Saigon
   3. why was the revival of assassins more successful than the premiere
   4. What is Agony about in Into the Woods
5. toby (little boy)
   1. who is the begger woman
   2. what happened in 1987
   3. who kills todd in the end
   4. who directed sweeney todd

5 True/False Questions

1. how does sondheim build and sustain the suspense in pretty women → bad timing. the clowns are her and her former lover

   True        False

2. stephen schwartz → the transvestite drag queen

   True        False

3. david merrick's belief → big budget, big cast, big chorus musical

   True        False

4. spectacle in Miss Saigon → helicopter taking away the American soldiers from Vietnam back to America

   True        False

5. who played mrs. lovett? → angela lansbury

   True        False