Broadway Actors
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Name That Character
100

This Tony-winning actress won her Tony as the original Elphaba in Wicked and starred as Elsa in the Disney film Frozen.

Who is Idina Menzel?

100

This is the fourth longest running Broadway show and even has a two-part movie series halfway in the works.

What is Wicked?

100

This three word phrase is what most actors use instead of "good luck." 

What is "break a leg?"

100

This part of a stage is where the actors go before heading out onstage. Also a bird body part.

What is wings?

100

This bubbly character was seen recently onscreen, where she recently removed the "a" in her name.

Who is Galinda (Glinda)?

200

This Tony-winning actor and writer starred in two of his musicals- one of them as one of the Founding Fathers of America and the other won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album.

Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?

200

This closed show holds the title for longest Broadway run.

What is the Phantom of the Opera?

200

You should never say the title of this play while in a theater.

What is Macbeth?

200

This action is when a director tells the actors the stage directions of a scene.

What is blocking?

200

This carnivorous plant could be found downtown eating a dentist, a plant shop owner, and even his owner!

Who is Audrey II?

300

This Broadway actor could be seen as a singing con man in the 2022 revival of "The Music Man" and as a man who stole a loaf of bread in the 2012 movie version of "Les Misérables."

Who is Hugh Jackman?

300

This show is the sixth longest running Broadway show and is currently being directed in our school!

What is Les Misérables?

300

This object is used to see in a dark theater when all other lights are out. It is also believed that it is used to ward off ghosts at night.

What is a ghost light?

300

This word signifies a signal for another line or the start of the orchestra.

What is a cue?

300

This character transformed from a nun into a nanny and then turned into a mother of 7, singing the solfege scale.

Who is Maria Von Trapp?

400

This Broadway actress is best known for originating the role of Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd" and the TV series "Murders She Wrote."

Who is Angela Lansbury?

400

This run of a classic revival is still on Broadway and is the second longest running show.

What is Chicago?

400

This old wives' tale is believed to occur in order to have the most successful opening night.

What is a bad dress rehearsal?

400

To move from stage left to right, or vice versa.

What is cross?

400

DAILY DOUBLE! These two characters are mortal enemies, fighting each other all through the background of a peasant revolution.

Who are Jean Valjean and Javert?

600

This Broadway Actress recently starred in The Great Gatsby and is now reprising her original role in Hadestown. Her next project is starring in Cabaret.

Who is Eva Noblezada?

600

This show recently surpassed Rent and now hosts the title of eleventh longest running Broadway show.

What is the Book of Mormon?

600
This color, now debunked, was believed to be bad luck when worn onstage.

What is blue?

600

This action is when a show is done and over and the set needs to be deconstructed.

What is strike?

600

This character just wants her children to be stars, but loses them both in the process of show business.

Who is Mama Rose?

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