Musical Theatre
Asian Theatre
Lighting Design
Which Play?
Potpourri
100
The first ever American Musical.
What is The Black Crook?
100
One of three Asian theatre forms that uses face painting.
What is Kabuki, Chinese Opera, or Sanskrit?
100
The lighting variable of color is controlled through the use of these.
What are gels or filters?
100
A good example of contemporary realism.
What is Suburbia?
100
A genre whose title literally means "play with music."
What is Melodrama?
200
Known for being the first Musical drama to deal with serious issues in the Musical format.
What is Showboat?
200
A type of Asian theatre that features long moments of stillness, masks, and subtle, slow movements in its performance style.
What is Noh Theatre?
200
Patterns of light and shadow are often created with patterns punched into these metal plates.
What are gobos?
200
Features a small chorus of actors playing several different roles each.
What is How I Learned to Drive?
200
Analysis and research specialist who contributes to production by supplying information to the cast, crew, and audience regarding the text and its social and historical context.
Who is the Dramaturg?
300
An important musical milestone because of its introduction of the Dream Ballet.
What is Oklahoma?
300
Originally performed by prostitutes, it is now performed by all male casts belonging to the same family.
What is Kabuki?
300
The four variables manipulated by lighting designers when creating their effects.
What are intensity, distribution, color, and movement?
300
It's controversial ending shocked audiences worldwide.
What is A Doll's House?
300
A type of fabric hung by set and lighting designers that is transparent when lit from behind and opaque when lit from the front.
What is a Scrim?
400
An early type of musical that consists of songs by the same composer or centered around a theme with no story line.
What is the Musical Revue?
400
The only type of Japanese theatre where the performers pretend to be "invisible."
What is Bunraku (Puppet) Theatre
400
A type of lighting instrument that produces a soft-edged pool of light, usually used to blend acting areas together.
What is a Fresnel?
400
Reflects the postmodern fragmented or random structure and fluid sense of time.
What is How I Learned To Drive?
400
Type of make-up design that alters the actor's appearance in some way.
What is Character Make-Up Design?
500
Lady Be Good, No No Nanette, and Dames at Sea are examples of this early type of musical.
What is Musical Comedy?
500
The oldest form of Asian theatre.
What is Indian Sanskrit Theatre?
500
A lighting instrument that casts a sharply defined pool of light usually used to create strong points of emphasis on stage.
What is an Ellipsoidal Spotlight?
500
Usually performed on a box set.
What is A Doll's House?
500
A scenic design option that utilizes both flat two-dimensional scenery and three-dimensional scenic units.
What is Painted-Architectural scenery?
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