THEATRE HISTORY
The theatre masks represent these two genres of theatre.
A modern hip hop musical about one of America's founding fathers.
What is Hamilton?
You say this to an actor instead of good luck.
What is break a leg?
What is Harry Potter?
One of the most famous playwrights that wrote Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and Othello among others.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Similar to what happened during the height of COVID19, this historical event shut down theaters in the 1500s and forced a shift in many aspects of the theatre.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
The name of the street in New York where major musicals are produced.
What is Broadway?
Movies have the Oscars, music has the Grammys, television has the Emmys, and theatre has this awards show.
What are the Tonys?
This film about a pink-loving sorority girl that gets into Harvard and becomes a lawyer was adapted into a stage musical.
What is Legally Blonde?
Most people know him as Dustin from Stranger Things, but this actor got his start on Broadway playing Gavroche in Les Mis (and was also in Dear Evan Hansen).
Who is Gaten Matarazzo?
This person broke away from the chorus and is remembered as the world's first actor.
Who is Thespis?
A musical that gives the back story of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glenda the Good Witch.
What is Wicked?
The name for the light left on at all times in a theatre.
What is a ghost light?
The Lion King's plot is based off of this play, written by William Shakespeare.
What is Hamlet?
This actor is known to many as Wolverine, however, he recently revived the role of Harold Hill in The Music Man on Broadway.
Who is Hugh Jackman?
What is Macbeth?
The longest running musical on Broadway featuring a falling chandelier.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
This is acting with no script.
What is improvisational acting (or improv)?
While audiences loved Ben Platt's portrayal of a high school student on-stage in this musical, he was criticized when he played the same character on film because he appeared much older on camera.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
What is Billy Elliot (Tom) or The Greatest Showman (Zendaya)?
The word theatre comes from an Ancient Greek word meaning this.
What is 'a place of seeing'?
A musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
What is Hadestown?
This was the first Broadway musical with an all female creative team.
What is Waitress?
This Disney film's music was written by Lin Manuel Miranda, who wrote and starred in Hamilton and In the Heights.
What is Encanto?
There is currently a musical on Broadway about the king of pop himself. Name that musical.
What is MJ?