midterm review Flashcards
Like most musicals, Come From Away has two acts.
f
Oklahoma! was the longest-running Broadway musical of the 1940s.
t
An orchestrator is like a general manager who works behind the scenes and assists the producer with casting, theatre bookings, and box office sales.
f
Oklahoma! has been revived several times on Broadway, and the most recent revival made substantial changes to the lyrics.
f
“People Will Say We’re In Love” is a romantic duet for Magnolia and Ravenal.
f
show boat yr
1927
good news
musical comedy
Overall what effect does the relentlessly fast pace of Come From Away have on the audience?
Generates tension
Which performer of musical comedies was known as a Broadway belter who was good at enunciation, projection, and holding long notes?
Ethel Merman
According to Agnes De Mille, American soldiers seeing Oklahoma! for the first time wept. Why did they react this way?
Because the themes addressed in the show represented what they were fighting for in the war
Which repetitive textual device does this excerpt demonstrate?
“Suddenly I’m flying company charters
Suddenly everything’s high
Suddenly there’s nothing in between me and the sky…”
anaphora
Who was responsible for coming up with the idea to write a musical based on Gander’s response to the September 11th terrorist attacks?
Michael Rubinoff
Come From Away calls for a percussion instrument that Newfoundlanders make out of household items like a mop, old boot, and bottle caps. Identify the name of the instrument:
ugly stick
Revue a book show
no
Jerome Kern started his career working as a:
Songplugger
