Turn Theater on! (Theater Terms)
Theater is too Hot! (Important Plays and Playwrights)
Just in Time
(Music Terms)
(Music Terms)
Musical Masterpieces (Famous Musicals)
Composer Self! (Composers)
FINAL JEOPARDY! (Theater Origins)
100
These terms are written in to the play to tell the performers how to move or interact while performing.
What are stage directions?
100
Considered the greatest writer in the English language, he has written 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and is famous for his use of Elizabethan English in his writings.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
A note of one count is called this kind of note.
What is a quarter note or crotchet?
100
This 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical tells the story of a tribe called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which of them will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
What is The Cats?
100
This Baroque composer famous for “The Well-Tempered Clavier”, “Toccata and Fugue in D minor”, “Goldberg Variations”, and “Brandenburg Concertos” composed 1128 pieces of music in his lifetime.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
200
Also a name for a garment worn while cooking, this is the part of the stage in the theater that is in front of the curtain.
What is the apron?
200
This famous Shakespearean tragedy tells of the romance and deaths of two Italian youths from feuding families.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
200
A note of two counts is called this kind of note.
What is a half note or minim?
200
This 2011 play with compositions by Tim Minchin is about an extraordinary little girl with an unfortunate home life armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind that dares to take a stand and change her own story.
What is Matilda the Musical?
200
This Late-Baroque era Composer, famous for "Messiah", "Solomon", "Water Music", and "Music for the Royal Fireworks" was almost killed in a duel.
Who is George Frideric Handel?
300
This term is named after a large instrumental ensemble, and is considered the bottom section of seating in the theater.
What is orchestra?
300
This 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde is about a man who pretends to have a brother named Ernest and a woman who falls in love with him.
What is The Importance of Being Earnest?
300
A note of four counts is called this kind of note
What is a whole note or semibreve?
300
This 2003 musical with compositions by Stephen Schwartz shows themes of female friendship, discrimination, and governmental corruption as two witches from Oz, Elphaba and Glinda, are affected by the corrupt Wizard and his regime.
What is Wicked?
300
This Classical Composer is famous for "Requiem", "Horn Concerto No. 4", and "The Marriage of Figaro" and his grave is still unknown to this day.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
300
The Theater of Dionysus is home to this European country, which is also the birthplace of the play and the theater as we know it.
What is Greece?
400
In Theater, these self-initiated speeches occur where a character talks to themselves, expressing their inner thoughts and feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
400
This type of play is characterized by stereotypical characters, exaggerated emotions, and interpersonal conflicts.
What is melodrama?
400
A note of half a count is known as this kind of note.
What is an eighth note or quaver?
400
This 1946 Irving Berlin play is about a sharpshooting country girl who becomes the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
What is Annie Get Your Gun?
400
This Romantic period composer known for his compositions "Blue Danube", "Kaiser-Walzer", and "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka" composed his first waltz at age 6.
Who is Johann Strauss II?
500
This type of stage projects into the audience and is surrounded on three sides by the audience.
What is the thrust stage?
500
The 1949 domestic tragedy Death of a Salesman, tells of an average American salesman who dies by his own hand to save his family from financial ruin, is composed by this man, who is also famous for The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
500
At the start of the music, you insert this sign (2/4 being an example) that tells how many beats are in each bar of music.
What is a time signature?
500
This musical genre is defined as a musical that features hit songs of a popular music group or genre, Mamma Mia being a notable example.
What is a Jukebox Musical?
500
This early Romantic period composer is famous for his compositions titled "Wedding March", "Elijah", and "Octet" and began writing compositions at the age of 10.
Who is Felix Mendelssohn?