Musical Theatre
Shakespeare
Tech
Terminology
Awards and Records
100

The mind behind the hit musical Hamilton.

Who is Lin Manual Miranda?

100

What 3 categories can the Bard's plays be separated into. 

What is: Comedy, Tragedy, and History 

100

Large pieces such as furniture, walls, and backdrops on stage make up this:

What is the set?

100

The curtains which separate the stage from backstage, also providing areas for entering, exiting, and waiting. 

What is Wings?

100

This 'Big Apple' city is features Broadway, the literal and metaphorical home of Theater. 

What is New York City?
200

This musical movie adaptation features Ariana Grande as one of two leads. 

What is Wicked?

200

If you are in a theater, never say this Scottish Play’s name aloud.

What is Macbeth?

200

This person is responsible for greeting and seating audience members, taking tickets, and handling any "crowd" issues.

What is an usher?

200

True or False: Downstage means to move towards the audience.

True

300

This musical, originating from a famous teen movie, has an antagonist named Regina George. 

What is Mean Girls?

300
The phrase "Star-crossed lovers" originates from this play.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

300

A hidden opening in the stage floor through which actors can make unique or surprising entrances and exits.

What is a trap door?

300

This term, usually a place of residence, is used to describe the audience.

What is The House?

300

This show holds the record for the longest running Broadway show at 11,000 performances. 

What is Phantom of the Opera?

400

There are 525,600 minutes in a year, which also is a feature of a famous song from this musical.

What is Rent?

400

The Winter's Tale contains a famous stage direction “Exit, pursued by ___” this woodland creature.  

What is a Bear?

400

True or False: Curtain Call is the word for what time actors must show up prior to the performance. 

False. Curtain Call is the name for the Bows at the end of a show. 

400

Originating from Latin for “of the morning”, this term is used to refer to a performance in the afternoon.

What is Matinee?

400

Named after people who finance and oversee the creation of a play, this holds the record for winning 12 Tony Awards.

What is The Producers?

500

The Sound of Music and this musical both have a song named "Maria."

What is West Side Story?

500

The Lion King is a modern adaptation of this famous play.  

What is Hamlet?

500

Originally a term in sailing, this person is responsible for anything "flying".

What is the Rigger?

500

A stage which slants down towards the audience, creating the phrases downstage and upstage.

What is a raked stage?

500

Jennifer Hudson won a Tony award in 2017, completing her set of four different awards abbreviated as _____.

What is EGOT? (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)

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