Famous Venues
Shakespeare
Theater History
Alternative Names of Musicals
Stage Areas
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This venue was the favorite playing space for William Shakespeare, his theater company did build it after all.
What is The Globe Theater?
200
Shakespeare's famous play about star-crossed lovers is still quoted today by romantics.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
200
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
200

The Miniscule Fishfemale

The Little Mermaid

200
Upstage Right is more commonly abbreviated as this.
What is USR?
400
This famous center holds an honor ceremony every year, recent honorees include Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
What is The Kennedy Center?
400
Shakespeare was born here.
What is Stratford-On-Avon?
400
This character, who murders her children to spite her husband, shares a name with a modern Tyler Perry character.
Who is Medea?
400

Server

What is Waitress?

400
This refers to the area that is closest onstage area to the audience.
What is downstage?
600
A song immortalized it by telling us how bright the neon lights are on this famous New York Street.
What is Broadway?
600
Shakespeare's nickname.
What is The Bard?
600
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?
600

Business

What is Company?

600
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this. I thought only birds and airplanes had them.
What is Wings?
800

Off the top of your head, how many Broadway theaters are in New York?

What is 41?

800
Shakespeare's theater company was known as this.
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
800
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?
800

Moonlight Thoroughfare (Thoroughfare is another word for Street)

Sunset Boulevard

800
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?
1000
Theater in London has been performed in this area for many years.
What is The West End?
1000
A __________ by any other name would smell as sweet.
What is a Rose?
1000
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?
1000

A Hysterical Event Occurred En Route to a Greek Performance Venue?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?

1000
The end of a show is usually marked by the closing of this, but not always in more modern times.
What is the Curtain?
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