Past PV
What year did the Lupfers start directing at PV?
2007
What theatre were most of Shakesphere's plays first performed in?
The Globe Theatre
Which Broadway show that is CURRENTLY RUNNING, has been running for the longest?
Chicago
Which show won the 2024 Tony for Best Musical?
The Outsiders
Who played Elle Woods in the original Legally Blonde movie?
Reese Witherspoon
Where do the Lupfers teach (and what do they teach)?
Lup - Glenfield MS (Theatre)
She-Lup - George White (5th grade Language Arts and Social Studies)
Of what origin is the word "thespian"?
Greek
What day is World Theatre Day?
March 27th
What show holds the record for the longest run on Broadway?
Phantom of the Opera (36 years)
What vocal part is Aaron Tviet? (Hint: past roles include Moulin Rouge and Grease)
Tenor
How many times is the word "gun" said in "We Both Reached for the Gun" from Chicago?
66 times
What year was the first musical performed?
Musical: adding dance and original music that helped to tell the story
1866
What range of seats (numbers) a theatre must have to be considered "Off-Broadway"?
100-499
What Broadway cast recording has the record for most copies sold?
Hamilton
How many shows has Lin Manuel Miranda been a part of? (source: playbill)
6 (5-7)
(New York, New York; Freestyle Love Supreme, Hamilton, Bring it On, In the Heights, West Side Story)
Rounded to the thousands, how much money did we raise from SnapRaise for HSM?
$13,000
How many plays did Shakespeare write in total?
39
(All’s Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry IV, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VI, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Pericles, Richard II, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Winter’s Tale)
How many shows are currently performing (not just selling tickets) on Broadway? (Source is NYTIX.com please don't come for me)
23 (within 5)
(Aladdin, Back to the Future, Book of Mormon, Cabaret, Chicago, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell's Kitchen, Job, & Juliet, The Lion King, MJ, Moulin Rouge, The Notebook, "Oh Mary!", Once Upon a Mattress, The Outsiders, SIX, Stereophonic, Suffs, Water for Elephants, Wicked)
What is the highest-grossing show in Broadway history?
The Lion King (1.9 billion)
Who played Regina George in the original Mean Girls MOVIE?
Rachel McAdams
What was the first show Mr. A acted in (at PV)?
Footloose
What is known as the "Golden Age" of Musical Theatre?
1940s-1950s
What show has the most use of a rotating stage in one performance?
Les Misérables
What is the record for the most costume changes in one production? (Give me a number)
29 (Our House)
Which actor/ress has won the most Tonys?