Quiz #1 (Weeks 1-4)

Which statement is NOT true of Gilbert & Sullivan?

• They integrated words and lyrics to serve plot and characterization.

• They wrote tight, complex and farcical plots.

• They wrote comic operas in the late 1800s in Europe.

• They wrote musical comedies featuring characters and situations taken from everyday life of New York's lower class

• Book and lyrics were written first and music second.

The most successful theatre producer of the 1910's and 1920's who added his name to the "Follies" show title in 1911

• Irving Berlin

• Florenz Ziegfeld

• Guy Bolton

• Bert Williams

• Lew Fields

Which is a characteristic of a Princess Theatre show?

• No celebrities

• Small budget

• Stories that were grounded in American culture

• Witty dialogue and songs that moved the plot along

• All of the above

A self taught piano player, this composer/lyricist never learned how to read music and could only play the piano in one key. His tune, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" became the fastest selling piece of sheet music of all time.

• Irving Berlin

• Bert Williams

• Jerome Kern

• Oscar Hammerstein

• Victor Herbert

Considered by some critics, largely by default, to be considered the first American musical comedy in 1866

• Little Johnny Jones

• The Black Crook

• No No Nanette

• Show Boat

• George White's Scandals