Theatre Terms
If you are onstage and move closer to the audience, you are traveling...
Downstage
Wait for me, I'm coming
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Wait, I'm coming with you
Chop to the Top, Hero is My Middle Name, Just a Simple Sponge
Spongebob
What is the name of the theater we performed our show at?
The Village Theater
What is the highest-grossing musical of all time? (Most money made).
Lion King on Broadway
The name of the person who tells you important information like "five minutes to places" is...
* Bonus 50 Points: What is the proper response to the above? *
Stage Manager
*Bonus 50 Points: Thank you, five!*
Summer stinks and winter's freezin'
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When you works outdoors
Rewrite the Stars, Never Enough, Tightrope
Greatest Showman
How many songs did the Junior Cast perform in for Spring Showcase?
Eight
What is the longest-running musical? (No time where a professional production is NOT going on...)
Les Miserables
The space of time between acts in a show (Act One to Act Two) is called the...
Intermission
Show the way so we can see
Show the way the world could be
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If you can do it, so can she
Watch What Happens, The World Will Know, King of New York
Newsies
What is the name of the song that the Kids performed as the Act One finale to the Spring Showcase?
*Bonus 50 Points: What musical is it from?*
Stick It to the Man
*Bonus 50 Points: School of Rock*
What is a 'limelight'?
The first theatrical spotlight, invented in 1816. Used a block of quicklime that you would set on fire!
The person who learns a role as a backup, in case the main performer is injured or sick is called an...
Understudy
So tell me do you wanna go?
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Where it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are runnin' the night
In a Crowd of Thousands, In My Dreams, My Petersburg
Anastasia
How many times is the word "loser" said in "I'm Not a Loser"? You must guess close, without going over!
Seven!
What is the difference between a Broadway and Off-Broadway theater?
Seat number is the ONLY difference! (At least 500=Broadway).
The expression people use to wish a performer "good luck" before they go onstage, which, to a non-performer, can sound scary...
* Bonus 200 Points: What is this REALLY referencing?*
"Break a Leg"
*Bonus 200 Points: The leg/curtain/wing of the proscenium!*
Glowing dim as an ember
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Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember
Any Way the Wind Blows, Livin' It Up on Top, When the Chips Are Down
Hadestown
How many rehearsals did we have before the show? You must guess close, without going over!
19
How did the first Globe Theater burn down? (Shakespeare)
Canon shot off at the wrong time during a performance of Henry the 8th, 29th of June 1613.