Playwrights/Plays
Wrote: "Our Town"
Thornton Wilder
What was the name of the Horse?
Joey
What is Rebecca afraid the moon will do?
Get closer and closer and explode
Pleasure minus the Pain
Hedonism
Who founded The Tony Awards
Brock Pemberton
Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Oklahoma!
What is the name of the person who owns the horse?
Albert
"Every child born into the world is natures..." What?
"Attempt to make a perfect human being"
Jonathon
Who started The American Company?
Lewis Hallam Jr
Directed by Julie Taymor
The Lion King
What war is being fought?
World War 1
What are the name sof the two young people the story follows?
George and Emily
Rival Agency to The Theatrical Syndicate
Schubert Organization
The first comedy to achieve success on the American Stage (Title & Author)
The Contrast by Royall Tyler
First play by an African American
The Drama of King Shotaway
Who purchases the horse from the Naracotts?
Captain Nichols
Wha tis on Simon Stimson's tombstone?
Music Notes
Oldest theatre in America
"The Walnut"
Name 4 shows by Stephen Sondheim that we discussed
Company, Follies, Pacific Overtures, Merrily We Roll Along
Began to deconstruct the musical form
Company
Who adapted war horse for the stage?
Nick Stafford
Which 4 characters have died in the last 9 years?
Simon Stimson, Mrs. Gibbs, Wally Webb, Mrs. Soames
Online newspaper that discusses issues and trends in American Theatre
"The Faster Times"
Name three famous actors who performed with the American Negro Theatre
Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Harry Belafonte