Basics
Actors never say "good luck" before a performance. Instead they say "Break a Leg"... WHY?
The Leg is a part of the curtain. When actors "broke the leg" it meant they got to play a part onstage or debut.
What is Shakespeare's first name?
William
What musical features the song “If I Were a Rich Man”?
Fiddler on the Roof
In Anne of Green Gables, who accidentally gets drunk?
Diana
The section of the theatre where the audience sits is called...?
The House
What is an acting technique that uses no words to tell a story?
Pantomime
Name at least 3 plays Shakespeare wrote.
Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Comedy of Errors, Much ado about Nothing, Hamlet, A Midsummer's Night Dream, etc.
What is the longest-running musical in Broadway history?
The Phantom of the Opera
Name the character Drew Farell played in Comedy of Errors...Drew may not answer
Dromio of Syracuse
After the production the taking apart of the sets is called?
Strike
What is the open space between the stage and the audience often called?
The 4th wall
Shakespeare, one of literature’s greatest figures, never attended university. True or False?
True
What was Disney’s first Broadway musical?
Beauty and the Beast
In what time period did Charlotte's Web take place?
Between the 1930s and 1950s
What is the name of the instance where the crew tapes the set pieces?
Spike, or Spiking Sets
List all 9 areas of the stage (blocking directions)
Upstage right, Middle right, Downstage right, Center stage, Upstage center, Downstage center, Upstage left, Middle left, Downstage left.
Which of Shakespeare's plays is the shortest?
The Comedy of Errors
Name at least 3 Broadway shows Alan Menken has written the score for.
The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, A Christmas Carol, etc.
How does Emily die in Our Town?
In childbirth
Name 4 different crews for a theatre production.
Props, Sets, Lights, Costumes, Hair/Makeup, Stage Managers, Runners, etc.
Lightning Round: Ms. Kennedy's instructions
Ready, set, go!
What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a song written by Irving Berlin for what classic Broadway musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?
Annie Get your Gun
Trick Question! Whichever team can remember the Comedy of Errors dance best, gets the points
Ready, Set, GO!
What do you call it when lighting, scenery, sound, and costume changes are rehearsed without actors to integrate these technical elements into the show.
Dry Tech