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MTHR 3143 001
Musical Theatre History
Chapter 9 Homework
Name Ibukun Adesina
Multiple Choice: Please choose the correct answer(s) and place the corresponding letters
on the line provided. (40 pts)
A C D
1. Frank Wildhorn wrote what musical(s)?
A. Jekyll & Hyde
B. Cats
C. Scarlet Pimpernel
D. Civil War
C
2. A Chorus Line finally closed in ______________ after 6,137 performances.
A. 1991
B. 1996
C. 1990
D. 1999
B
3. Kiss of the Spider Woman
was written/composed by______________________________?
A. Webber/Rice
B. Kander/Ebb
C. Sondheim
D. Wildhorn
C
4. Ahrens and Flaherty wrote what musical based on the novel My Love, My Love
?
A. The Wind Maria
B. South Pacific
C. Once on This Island
D. Cats
B
5. Stephen Sondheim’s musical _________________________ was about Lee Harvey Oswald and
other notorious figures in American presidential history.
A. The Butlers
B. Assassins
C. Spies Like Us
D. Traitors and Treason
B C
6. Two societal factors kept Sondheim’s 1990 musical from being seen for long (2
nd
time in 2001 as a revival). They were….?
A. Iran-Contra Affair
B. The Gulf War
C. 9/11
D. Invasion of Iraq.
D
7. Jelly’s Last Jam
was based on music by________________________?
A. Waller
B. Ellington
C. Williams
D. Morton
A
8. _______________________ directed Jelly’s Last Jam
.
A. George C. Wolfe
B. Hal Prince
C. Michael Bennett
D. Rob Marshall
C
9. Rent was written by whom?
A. Jeanine Tesori
B. Kander/Ebb
C. Jonathan Larson
D. John Cameron Mitchell
B
10. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
was written by whom?
A. Michael Bennett
B. Jonathan Larson
C. John Cameron Mitchell
A
11. The musical Violet
was based on the short story titled_________________________?
A. "The Ugliest Pilgrim"
B. "The Shortest Giant"
C. "The Widest Thin Man"
A
12. The composer for Violet
was _________________________?
A. Jeanine Tesori
B. Kander/Ebb
C. Jason Robert Brown
D. Randy Newman
C
13. Songs for a New World introduced a new composer-lyricist whose musical scores have
been compared to the "sophistication of Sondheim."
A. Jeanine Tesori
B. Adam Guettel
C. Jason Robert Brown
D. Randy Newman
A C
14. Savion Glover starred in which musicals?
A. Jelly's Last Jam
B. Bat Boy The Musical!
C. Bring in 'da Noise...
D. Evita
B
15. Noise/Funk
was the first___________________________musical.
A. Tap
B. hip-hop
C. Punk Rock
D. Country music
A D
16. Disney Corporation has produced several musicals. Which of these are ones?
A. Aida
B. Bat Boy
C. Floyd Collins
D. The Lion King
A B
17. Julie Taymor, who directed the flop Spider Man; Turn Off the Dark
, received Tony Awards for:
A. The Lion King
B. Violet
C. Cape Man
D. Ragtime
A B C
18. The song writing team, Ahrens and Flaherty, wrote what musicals?
A. Once On This Island
B. My Favorite Year
C. Ragtime
D. All of the above
A
19. Broadway icon, ___________________________, won one of her four Tony Awards from her Ragtime
performance.
A. Audra MacDonald
B. Mary Martin
C. Sutton Foster
D. Marin Mazzie
B
20. Urinetown
, a musical about "a city where toilets are all "pay to pee" and controlled by a large,
malevolent, monopolizing corporation called the Urine Good Company" was created by:
A. Rodgers/Hammerstein
B. Kotis/Hollman C. Paul Simon
D. Weill/Brecht Here are the important shows to focus on for Chapter Nine: Jekyll & Hyde; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Once
On This Island; Assassins; Jelly's Last Jam; Rent; Violet; Noise/Funk; Lion King; Ragtime; Urinetown.
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