Playbill
Traditionally, the top of a Playbill features the word Playbill written over a purple rectangle.
True or False?
False. It is Yellow.
What is the area directly in the middle of the stage called?
Center Stage
What does a choreographer do?
The come up with the dance moves and helps teach them to the cast.
What do shows perform on?
a stage
The information that is inside a playbill are the lines and the stage directions that the actors are supposed to perform.
False. The information is list of songs, headshots of the actors, and a cast and crew list.
Red.
The name of the person who writes the music for a show is called:
a) the composer
b) the conductor
c) the converter
d) the compressor
a) the composer
What do we call the area under the stage where the orchestra plays the background music?
a) the ditch
b) the pit
c) the cave
d) the hole
b) the pit
What is NOT a feature of the FRONT of a playbill?
a) colors that help inform the emotions and themes of the story
b) a list of songs in the show
c) images that help inform the emotions and themes of the story
d) the title of the show
b) a list of songs in the show
True or False?
What do we call the person who checks your ticket, tells you where you sit, and hands you a playbill at the theatre?
a) the greeter
b) the security
c) the usher
d) the director
The offstage area on either side of the stage where the actors wait to enter are called "the legs".
True or False
False. It is called the wings.
What is the name of the special photos of the actors that are featured inside of a playbill?
Headshots.
If somebody is told to move away from the audience, they are being told to move UPSTAGE.
True or False?
True
A director is in charge of what happens backstage and a stage manager is in charge of what happens on stage.
True or False?
False.
The part of the stage that extends past the curtain line towards the audience is called the 'oven mitt'.
True or False
False. It is called the Apron.
What is written in small letters underneath the word Playbill on the front?
The name of the theatre the show is being performed at.
Historically speaking, why do we call the front of the stage DOWNstage and the back of the stage UPstage?
Back in the day, stages were slanted, and therefore in order to get to the front of the stage you had to walk DOWN and to get to the back of the stage you had to walk UP.
A costumer builds all of the amazing costumes for a show in an area called the "costume ____"
a) store
b) workspace
c) warehouse
d) shop
d) shop
What are 'box seats'?
Seats that are up and to the side of the theatre where VIPs sit.