Famous Venues
Shakespeare
Theater History
Terminology
Stage Areas
100
This venue was the favorite playing space for William Shakespeare, his theater company did build it after all.
What is The Globe Theater?
100
Shakespeare's famous play about star-crossed lovers is still quoted today by romantics.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
100
Places is the term you say at the start of this.
What is the show?
100
Upstage Right is more commonly abbreviated as this.
What is USR?
200
This famous center holds an honor ceremony every year, recent honorees include Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
What is The Kennedy Center?
200
Shakespeare was born here.
What is Stratford-On-Avon?
200
This character, who murders her children to spite her husband, shares a name with a modern Tyler Perry character.
Who is Medea?
200
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)?
200
This refers to the area that is closest onstage area to the audience.
What is downstage?
300
A song immortalized it by telling us how bright the neon lights are on this famous New York Street.
What is Broadway?
300
Shakespeare's nickname.
What is The Bard?
300
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?
300
The designers, actors, and crews all answer to this "directive" individual.
What is the Director?
300
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this. I thought only birds and airplanes had them.
What is Wings?
400

What is the name of the Center that house the Au Rene and Amaturo Playhouses?

What is Broward Center of the Performing Arts?

400
Shakespeare's theater company was known as this.
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
400
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?
400
This is what occurs when all the lights onstage are off.
What is a Blackout?
400
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?
500

Name of the the Nova Theater/Auditorium

What is the Hamilton C. Foreman

500
A __________ by any other name would smell as sweet.
What is a Rose?
500
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?
500
This Hanna-Barbara character always used theater terminology such as, "Exit, Stage Left" when he was leaving a scene or situation.
Who is Snagglepuss?
500
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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