Who's Who in Theatre
Musical Flops
Theatre History
West End vs Broadway
Parts of Theatre
Shakespeare
Working in Theatre
100
Wrote The Phantom of The Opera and Cats
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
100
This musical was a commercial success but a critical disaster when it premiered in 1985. The original London production ran from October 1985 to July 2019, playing over 13,000 performances and making it the second longest-running musical in the world. It was made into a film starring Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. It is about revolutionary students in France
What is Les Misérables?
100
Commonly known as the Great White Way, this theatre district opened in the early 1900s in New York City. It is one of the most famous entertainment destinations in the world.
What is Broadway?
100
The highest average ticket prices are on ...
What is Broadway?
100
Acting area
What is the stage?
100
Star-crossed lovers
What is 'Romeo and Juliet'?
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100
The name for the sequences of dance moves in a musical
What is choreography?
200
Wrote Hamilton
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
200
This musical first premiered on Broadway in 1988 after a pre-Broadway tryout in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It closed after 16 previews and 5 regular performances. In 2018, a high school production of the musical was the focus of an episode of Riverdale. It was described as 'the most expensive quick flop in Broadway history'. It was based on a Stephen King novel about a girl who got covered in pigs’ blood.
What is Carrie: The Musical?
200
This London theatre was built in 1599 and burned down in 1613. It was rebuilt in 1614 and then closed by the Puritans in 1642. There is now a third version close to the original site that opened in 1997.
What is The Globe Theatre?
200
The oldest theatre still on its original site is on ...
What is The West End?
200
Area to the side of the stage. It is used for performers preparing to enter, storage of sets for scenery changes and as a stagehand work area
What are the wings?
200
Shakespeare's theatre
What is The Globe?
200
This person steps in when an actor is off sick
What is an understudy?
300
Wrote the West End's longest running show - The Mousetrap
Who is Agatha Christie?
300
This 2010 musical had music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge. It was directed by Julie Taymor, who also directed The Lion King. It set the record for the longest preview period in Broadway history, with 182 performances. The show lost its initial investment of $75 million. The musical was based on a Marvel comic character with web shooters
What is Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark?
300
The first recorded Western dramatists are Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. They came from this country.
What is Greece?
300
There are more non-musical dramas on ...
What is The West End?
300
The area of the stage closest to the audience
What is downstage?
300
'To be or not to be' is from this play
What is Hamlet?
300
This person ensures the well-being of actors who participate in scenes of a sexual nature
What is an Intimacy Coordinator?
400
A veteran of the stage (and screen), this 85-year-old actor recently fell off the stage during a performance of Shakespeare's 1 and 2 Henry IV and was forced to pull out of the rest of the run
Who is Ian McKellen?
400
This musical was first performed in Toronto in 2006, before transferring to the West End in June 2007 with a record £25 million budget. Ben Brantley of the New York Times said "Everyone and everything winds up lost [...] includ(ing) plot, character and the patience of most ordinary theatergoers”. It was 3 ½ hours long with a 65-strong cast. The show is based on a Tolkien novel.
What is The Lord of The Rings?
400
American playwright who wrote The Crucible, Death of A Salesman and All My Sons.
Who is Arthur Miller?
400
Broadway calls them orchestra seats. The West End calls them ...
What are the stalls?
400
A slope in the performance space, rising away from the audience OR a slope in the seating of the auditorium, rising away from the stage
What is a rake?
400
William Shakespeare's wife
Who is Anne Hathaway?
400
This person has overall responsibility for the look and feel of a theatre show. They lead rehearsals and give actors notes on their performances.
What is a director?
500
Wrote Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along and Company
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
500
This show (by a very famous American musical theatre composer) opened in 1981 on Broadway to widely negative reviews, and closed after 16 performances and 44 previews. It is now experiencing a renaissance, with a sell-out 2023 Broadway production starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff. It won 4 Tony awards and sold tickets averaging $300 each.
What is Merrily We Roll Along?
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500
Noh, kabuki and bunraku theatre originated in this country
What is Japan?
500
Minimum number of seats a theater must have to be called a Broadway theatre
What is 500?
500
The structure that holds the lights. It is a nautical term.
What is the lighting rig?
500
Town where Shakespeare was born
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
500
This person oversees sets, props, lights, and sound; and calls all technical cues during performances
What is a stage manager?
