Musical Theatre
Theatre Terms/Facts
Who's Shakespeare?
Theatre History
Finish the Lyric
100

The 2 Princes that sing Agony in into the Wood are whose Princes?

Cinderella and Rapunzel

100

A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together

Ensemble

100

Three witches appear in which William Shakespeare play?

Macbeth

100

Who was the first actor?

Thespis

100

"I am not throwing away..."

My shot

200

In "The Addams Family," what is the FULL name of Wednesday’s love interests' parents?

Mal Beineke and Alice Beineke

200

Part of the script of a play that tells the actors how they are to move or to speak their lines

Stage directions

200

What was Shakespeare's theatre called?

The Globe Theatre

200

Where did theatre, as we know it, originate?

Ancient Greece

200

"My mummy says I’m a..."

Miracle

300

What number is Jean Valjean known as?

24601

300

Term a theatre uses when it is closed to the public?

"Dark"

300

What play includes the saying, "To be, or not to be?"

Hamlet

300

Who is the God of theatre?

Dionysus

300

"I’ve got to be where my spirit can run free..."

I've got to find my corner of the sky

400

The musical 'American Idiot' was written by which U.S. rock band?

Green Day

400

What is the minimum number of seats that a venue in the Theater District must have to be considered a "Broadway" theater, rather than "Off-Broadway"?

500

400

What does the saying, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" mean?

"Why are you Romeo?"

400

What was the first musical in America?

The Black Crook

400

"In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee..."

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

500

What is the Phantom's name in "Phantom of the Opera?" Extra points if you also get the last name.

Erik Destler

500

When a character speaks their inner thoughts with no other people on stage?

Soliloquy

500

What is Shakespeare's bloodiest play?

Titus Andronicus

500

Which English monarch along with the council of Trent outlawed religious plays in 1545?

Queen Elizabeth I

500

"He took my childhood..."

in his stride

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