Theater History
Shakespeare's famous play about star-crossed lovers is still quoted today by romantics.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
The designers, actors, and crews all answer to this "directive" individual.
What is the Director?
This award winning hit musical is about The Revolutionary War and was recently adapted into a Disney+ musical movie.
What is Hamilton?
This is what you say to actors instead of "Good luck".
What is Break a Leg?
How many signs are there in the Zodiac?
What is 12?
This is what the Smile and Frown theater masks mean.
What is Tragedy and Comedy?
Speaking at a louder than normal volume so that you can be heard in the back of the Theater.
What is Projection?
This Tony Award winning musical was featured Live on Fox and tells the story of young starving artists under the shadow of HIV/Aids
What is Rent the Musical?
Doing this at the ends of rehearsing is considered very bad luck.
What is Taking a Bow?
This month of the year has 28 days.
What is All of Them?
This group of performers was often used in Greek theater to narrate and comment upon the action.
What is Chorus?
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this. I thought only birds and airplanes had them.
What is Wings?
This musical is the highest grossing musical of all time and is based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film about lions.
What is Lion King the Musical?
This is what you should never give an actor before their show.
What is Flowers?
This man was titled "King of Rock and Roll".
What is Elvis?
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
This refers to the area that is closest onstage area to the audience.
What is downstage?
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?
Putting this on stage is considered bad luck.
What is Mirrors?
This is the plural version of sheep.
What is Sheep?
Aeschylus was the father of tragedy, Aristophanes was the comedian, Sophocles was the most awarded at Dramatic festivals, and Euripides rebelled against the rules. Together they could be known as these.
What are Greek Playwrights?
A actor drawing attention to themself away from the main action (by moving around, or over-reacting to onstage events).
What is Upstaging?
This failed musical cost $75 million dollars in production and is the most expensive musical in the world. It is based on the legendary comic superhero that has multiple games, movies, toys, and more.
What is Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?
You should never say this in the Theater unless it is part of the play.
What is Macbeth?
This is what Na stand for on the periodic table.
What is Sodium (Salt)?