History
Musical Theatre can be traced back to what ancient civilization?
Ancient Greece
This action is what people do with their bodies when they listen to music.
Dance
This actor started off on Broadway, but later was placed in the role of a certain snowman who loves summer.
Josh Gad
A fairytale about a young girl who takes her father's place as a prisoner in the castle of a monster.
Beauty and the Beast
The instrumentalists in the orchestra play in what?
An orchestra pit (under the stage)
Ancient Greek stages were shaped like what?
Baseball diamonds
This action is what people do with their voice when they follow along with music.
Sing
This actor also started off on Broadway in Australia, tried acting as a superhero called Wolverine, and then returned to musical theatre in a movie called the Greatest Showman
Hugh Jackman
A retelling of a classic story from the perspective of a witch named Elphaba who ends up going to school with a popular girl named Glinda.
Wicked
This person leads the orchestra and the music being sung on stage.
The conductor
True or False: Ancient Greeks didn't start singing and dancing on stage until the 1800s.
False
This action is what people do when they play a character on stage.
Act
This actress played Elsa in Frozen after she spent some time as the first actress to play Elphaba in Wicked.
Idina Menzel
A new musical made from an old movie often played around Halloween time. A couple winds up as ghosts, haunting a house and its new residents with some side-shenanigans happening from a bug-named trickster.
Beetlejuice
The conductor will sometimes play what instrument?
The piano
Modern musical theatre was established in what century?
The 19th century
Musical Theatre performers need to do what 3 things on stage?
Sing, Dance, and Act
This actress is known for her singing voice in movies and musicals such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and The Princess Diaries.
Julie Andrews
A young prince runs away from his home after his father is murdered by his scheming uncle. After being raised by a couple of bug-eating friends, he returns to reclaim his throne with the help of a long-lost friend.
The Lion King
Name 4 orchestral instruments
Ex: flute, clarinet, drums, trumpet, etc.
The theatres in Ancient Greece are called what?
Ampitheatres
A musical theatre performer who can do all 3 actions required on stage is called a what?
Triple Threat
This actor is Broadway-specific, and is known for roles such as the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera or Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
Ramin Karimloo
A famous character from history shares his biography covering the impact he made on a newborn country.
Hamilton
People who sing on stage are called what?
Vocalists