This venue was the favorite playing space for William Shakespeare, his theater company did build it after all.
What is The Globe Theater?
50
Shakespeare's famous play about star-crossed lovers is still quoted today by romantics.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
50
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
50
Places is the term you say at the start of this.
What is the show?
50
Upstage Right is more commonly abbreviated as this.
What is USR?
100
This famous center holds an honor ceremony every year, recent honorees include Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
What is The Kennedy Center?
100
Shakespeare was born here.
What is Stratford-On-Avon?
100
This character, who murders her children to spite her husband, shares a name with a modern Tyler Perry character.
Who is Medea?
100
A plot is used to show where objects such as lights or costumes are used during a show. It is also the word we use to describe what's happening in this.
What is the story (play)?
100
This refers to the area that is closest onstage area to the audience.
What is downstage?
150
A song immortalized it by telling us how bright the neon lights are on this famous New York Street.
What is Broadway?
150
Shakespeare's nickname.
What is The Bard?
150
Shakespeare's Globe Theater burned to the ground during a performance of this play due to a misfiring prop cannon. Rumor has it everyone escaped okay, except for the man whose pants caught on fire.
What is Henry The Eighth?
150
The designers, actors, and crews all answer to this "directive" individual.
What is the Director?
150
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this. I thought only birds and airplanes had them.
What is Wings?
200
The Grand Ole Opry Radio Show has been performed at this venue for several years.
What is The Ryman Auditorium?
200
Shakespeare's theater company was known as this.
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
200
This musical, which debuted in 1986, is the longest running show in Broadway history, running consecutively for 24 years.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
200
This is what occurs when all the lights onstage are off.
What is a Blackout?
200
This is another name for the area in a theater where the audience is seated. It is also the name of the building you live in.
What is House?
250
Theater in London has been performed in this area for many years.
What is The West End?
250
A __________ by any other name would smell as sweet.
What is a Rose?
250
This musical, set in 1950's New York, is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and features classic songs like, "I Feel Pretty," "America," and "Maria."
What is West Side Story?
250
This Hanna-Barbara character always used theater terminology such as, "Exit, Stage Left" when he was leaving a scene or situation.
Who is Snagglepuss?
250
The end of a show is usually marked by the closing of this, but not always in more modern times.