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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
11/28/2012

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Who is Bob Fossey?
Definition
Choreographer for Chicago. His style is known for unusual movents of the body, such as arms and legs. Also known for using hats and loving lines.
Term
Who is Jennifer Holiday?
Definition
An African American singer who won a Tony for her performance in Dream Girls.
Term
Who is Liza Minnelli?
Definition
Daughter of Judy Garland. She played Rose in Gypsy - Soundheim
Term
Who is Dee Hoty?
Definition
Sang Could I Leave You?
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Who is Lea Deloria?
Definition
Jazz singer. Started off as a standup comedian. One of the first actresses to come out as a lesbian. Sang I Can Cook Too. (On the Town)
Term
Who is Elaine Stritch?
Definition
An 87 (75 at the time) year old woman who sang The Ladies Who Lunch. (Company)
Term
What is the name of the Danish comedian who made himself famous by a piano comedy sketch?
Definition
Victor Borge
Term
Who was the first African American entertainer to appear on Broadway?
Definition
Burt Williams
Term
Who was the talented singer, dancer, and comic who was the least attractive Follies girl?
Definition
Fanny Bryce
Term
Who was the self proclaimed world's best entertainer? Also sang "Blackface" and "Swanee"
Definition
Al Jolsen
Term
Who was the director, composer, singer and dancer whose songs include "Yankee Doodle boy" and "Over there"?
Definition
George M. Cohan
Term
This producer created the Broadway group known as the Follies.
Definition
Florenz Ziegfeld
Term
Who were the composers of the musical "Show Boat"?
Definition
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein.
Term
Who is the Greek God of wine and fertility?
Definition
Dianysis
Term
Who is Thespis?
Definition
Known to be the first actor. Greek. (Thespians)
Term
What is a midieval drama designed to teach a lesson?
Definition
Morality play
Term
Also called Cycle plays, these plays are based on historical events.
Definition
Mystery plays
Term
This Greek tragedy is about a man who kills his father and marries his mother.
Definition
Oedipus
Term
Who wrote the six elements of drama in his work titles "The Poetics"?
Definition
Aristotle
Term
What do the initials A.E.A stand for?
Definition
Actors Equity Association
Term
Name the Broadway theatre that was the crown jewel of the theatre district. (Disney)
Definition
New Amsterdam Theatre
Term
What entertainer is on the statue in Times Square?
Definition
George M. Cohan
Term
Patterns and arrangements of performer's movements onstage.
Definition
Blocking
Term
Rehearsal in which the cast goes through the text in the order that it will be performed.
Definition
Run through
Term
Rate at which a performance is played.
Definition
Pace.
Term
Person who coordinates all the rehearsals for the director and runs the show.
Definition
Stage Manager
Term
All the non-production elements of the theatre. Space-box office-lobby-auditorium.
Definition
Front of house
Term
Visual composition. How the scene will apper to the audience.
Definition
Stage picture.
Term
What are tryouts for performers called?
Definition
Auditions.
Term
Assigning a role to a performer.
Definition
Casting
Term
Who was the narrtor of the broadway series?
Definition
Julie Andrews
Term
Name three musicals that Stephan Sondheim either wrote the lyrics or both lyrics and music.
Definition

1. Into The Woods

2. Sweeney Todd

3. Company

4. Sunday in the Park with George

5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Term
Who composed Chicago?
Definition
John Kander and Fred Ebb
Term
Who Choreographed "Chicago" on Broadway?
Definition
Bob Fosse
Term
Name three Andrew Loyd Webber musicals.
Definition

1. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

2. Evita

3. Jesus Christ superstar

4. Cats

5. The Phantom of the Opera

6. Sunset Boulevard

Term
Julie Taymor created costumes for this complex musical.
Definition
The Lion King
Term
Name the guest speaker who came to talk to the class. He was in "The Producers" on Broadway and played at the Forum as Harry Truman.
Definition
Ray Wills.
Term
Name two Neil Simon plays
Definition

1. Barefoot in the Park

2. Brighton Beach Memoirs

3. Fools

4. Th Good Doctor

Term
Name two Tennesse Williams plays.
Definition

1. The Glass Menagerie

2. A Street Car Named Desire

3. Suddenly, Last Summer

4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Term
Who was the Norwegian playwright responsible for featuring realism?
Definition
Henrik Ibsen
Term
Who was the Swedish playwright responsible for featuring realism in plays?
Definition
August Strindberg
Term
Who was the Russian playwright responsible for featuring realism in their plays?
Definition
Anton Chekhov
Term
Name 7 plays by William Shakespeare.
Definition

1. Hamlet

2. The Tempest

3. King Lear

4. Romeo and Juliet

5. Macbeth

6. Othello

7. As You Like It

8. Midsummer Nights Dream

9. Twelth Night

10. Two Gentlemen of Verona

Term
Name two Arther Miller plays.
Definition

1. The Crucible

2. Death of a Salesman

3. An Enemy of the People

4. A View from the Bridge

Term
Name two Eugene O Neil plays
Definition

1. Long Day's Journey into Night

2. The Iceman Cometh

3. Ah, Wilderness!

Term
Name two William Inge plays
Definition

1. Picnic

2. Bus Stop

3. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Term
Theatre Blossomed in New York City in 1927 once this opened on 42nd street, making it easier to see shows.
Definition
New Amsterdam Theatre
Term
What year did "talkies" open in America?
Definition
1927
Term
What was the name of the film where they first talked?
Definition
The Jazz Singer
Term
What is the frame that separates the stage from the auditorium and forms an outline for the stage?
Definition
The Proscenium 
Term
Name the Broadway star who started off as a secretary but could hold a note out for a long time. (Annie get your gun, call me madam) Known for singing loudly.
Definition
Elaine Stritch
Term
What was Times Square named after?
Definition
In 1904 the New York Times lobbied to get the formerly "Longacre Square" renamed to Times Square after the NY Times building that was there.
Term
What was Times Square before it was Times Square?
Definition
Longacre Square
Term
Why is Broadway called "The Great White Way"?
Definition
Refers to the lights along broadway.
Term
Who created the musical Porgy and Bess?
Definition
George Gershwin
Term
Where is Circus Maximus?
Definition
Rome
Term
Wrote God Bless America and White Chistmas
Definition
Irving Berlin
Term
Illusion of depth in painting introduced during the Renaissance.
Definition
Perspective
Term
Improv theatre created in Italy in 1400-1500
Definition
Commedia Dell'arte
Term
Name three Greek playwrights
Definition

1. Aeschylus

2. Euripides

3. Sophocles

Term

Greek playwright of comedy

 

Definition
Euripides
Term
City that is the setting for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinnner."
Definition
San Fransisco
Term
Occupation held by Matt Drayton
Definition
Writer for the newspaper
Term
Where did Joey and Dr. Prentice meet?
Definition
Hawii
Term
What city did John's parents reside?
Definition
Los Angeles
Term
What actor played Matt Drayton? GWCD
Definition
Spencer Tracy
Term
What Actress played Christina Drayton? GWCD
Definition
Katharine Hepburn
Term
What actor played Dr. Prentice? GWCD
Definition
Sidney Poitier?
Term
Who directed Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Definition
Stanley Kramer
Term
What year was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner released?
Definition
1967
Term
Who wrote Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Definition
William Rose
Term
What year was Singin' in the Rain released?
Definition
1952
Term
What year did Singin' in the Rain take place? 
Definition
1927
Term
What actor played Don Lockwood? SITR
Definition
Gene Kelly
Term
What actress played Kathy Selden? SITR
Definition
Debbie Reynolds
Term
What actor played Cosmo Brown? SITR
Definition
Donald O'Conner
Term
What actress played Lina Lamont? SITR
Definition
Jean Hagen
Term
What actor played the 6 ft tall dancer in green? SITR
Definition
Cyd Charisse
Term
Who directed Singin' in the Rain?
Definition
Stanley Donan & Gene Kelly
Term
Who wrote the screenplay for Singin' in the Rain?
Definition
Adolph Green & Betty Comden
Term
Name three songs in Singin' in the Rain.
Definition

1. Make Em' Laugh

2. Moses Supposes

3. Good Mornin'

Term
Who invented the first camera on wheels?
Definition
Jerry Lewis
Term
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
Definition
John Steinbeck
Term
Who directed Grapes of Wrath?
Definition
John Ford
Term
When was Grapes of wrath released?
Definition
1940
Term
Who Played Tom Joad? GOW
Definition
Henry Fonde
Term
Who played Ma Joad? GOW
Definition
Jane Darwell
Term
Who played Casy? GOW
Definition
John Carradine
Term
Who did they bury at the beginning of Grapes of Wrath?
Definition
Grandpa
Term
Where did Grapes of Wrath take place?
Definition
Oklahoma
Term
What Mel Brooks musical broke records for the Tony Awards?
Definition
The Producers
Term
What are the 6 elements of drama in the poetics?
Definition

1. Plot

2. Character

3. Thought and theme

4. Language

5. Music

6. Spectacle

 

Term
The six elements common to all theatre are?
Definition

1. performers

2. Audience

3. director

4. theatre space

5. design

6. script

Term
Who was the broadway producer of 42nd street & announced on opening night that the director had died?
Definition
David Merrick
Term
Speech in which a character who is alone on stage speaks his inner thoughts.
Definition
silioquy
Term
Who's on first?
Definition
Lou Abbott, Bud Costillo
Term
Who are the stars of Big Business and Busy bodies?
Definition
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel
Term
Comedian known for his pool routine
Definition
W.C. Fields
Term
Who was in The Great Dictator?
Definition
Charlie Chapman
Term
Studio that produced Singin' in the Rain?
Definition
MGM
Term
Don Lockwood's former job? SITR
Definition
Vaudeville acts
Term
Who wrote The Birds and The Frogs?
Definition
Aristophanes
Term
Who played Joey Drayton? GWCD
Definition
Katharine Houghton
Term
Who was Henry Gibson?
Definition
American Actor/songwriter
Term
Who was Constantin Stanislavski?
Definition
Russian actor / theatre director. Wrote An Actor Prepares and is known for Emotional Recall.
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