A deal is made to make Washington, DC the nation's new capital in "The Room Where It Happens," a song in this smash hit Broadway musical:
What is Hamilton?
The line "O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" was said by the William Shakespeare character.
Who is Juliet?
This show won best musical in 2024.
What is The Outsiders?
Name all the terms for the directions of the stage blocking (from an actors perspective)
What is: Upstage, Downstage, Stage Left, and Stage Right.
This play by Will Kern is a collection of scenes from a day in the life of a Chicago cabbie. A film version was made in 1997 featuring John Cusack and Paul Dillon.
What is Hellcab?
The musical American Idiot was written by this U.S. rock band.
What is Green Day?
The primary antagonist in the play Othello is this character.
This show won best play in 2024.
What is Stereophonic?
This is the name of the person who "calls" the show.
What is a stage manager?
Which Greek god is associated with theatre? He is also associated with wine, festivity, and pleasure.
Who is Dionysus?
The character Tracy Turnblad is in this musical.
What is Hairspray?
This character killed Macbeth.
Who is Macduff?
This Broadway musical which had a nine-month run in 2022-2023, written by Michael R. Jackson, won best musical in 2022.
What is A Strange Loop?
This is the term for what a character's main desire/want is that they are working toward in a scene.
What is an objective?
The play The Importance of Being Earnest was written in 1895 by this famous playwright and author.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
The classic song "Memory" is featured in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
What is Cats?
This Shakespeare play features the characters Sir Toby Belch and Viola.
What is Twelfth Night?
In 2022, this musical featuring music by Stephen Sondheim, and Broadway actress Patti LuPone, won Best Revival of a Musical.
Hint: This musical revival featured gender-bent casting from the original musical.
What is Company?
These are the main actor labor unions for screen and stage actors (name at least one; bonus points if you name two).
What are SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity Association?
Which play by Arthur Miller is a comment on McCarthyism, causing the play to be banned in many places during the Cold War because it was seen as subverting traditional American values?
What is The Crucible?
The song "With a Little Bit of Luck" is from this 1956 Broadway musical.
What is My Fair Lady?
Bonus: Bonus points if you can name the 1913 play that this musical is based off of!
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, this is the name of the Queen of the Fairies?
Who is Titania?
This actor, who originally got their breakout role in the show Glee, won the award for Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance in Shucked.
Who is Alex Newell?
Name one of the main acting techniques (think of the people who created these techniques).
What is Meisner? / Stanislavski / Stella Adler / Uta Hagen / Chekhov
This Ancient Greek tragedy is one of a trilogy written by Sophocles.
What is Oedipus Rex? (Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone can also be accepted.)