Les Mis
Wicked
Sweeney Todd
Phantom
Rent
100
This is the year when "musicals" began to develop.
What is 1850?
100
This theatrical genre is short skits performed in blackface makeup.
What is minstrelsy?
100
This is where the first theatre was built in America.
Where is Williamsburg?
100
This is the name for song-singing in an opera.
What is aria?
100
This theatrical genre originated in China in the 18th century.
What is Peking Opera?
200
Commedia dell'arte is this type of comedy.
What is farce or improv?
200
Performances in this theatrical genre were also civic and religious events.
What is Greek theatre?
200
This theatrical genre was popular in America from the late 1800s through the 1930s.
What is vaudeville?
200
This Asian theatrical genre includes only male actors playing all roles.
What is Kabuki theatre?
200
This man gave the first known performance of slam poetry.
Who is Marc Smith?
300
This theatrical genre was the leader in American entertainment from the 1920s through the 1950s.
What is radio play?
300
This theatrical genre began in the tradition of oral storytelling.
What is one-person show?
300
This theatrical genre incorporates movement but no props, sets, or music.
What is slam poetry?
300
In this theatrical genre, actors may or may not memorize their lines.
What is reader's theatre?
300
These are the authors of Oklahoma!
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
400
In this type of Vietnamese puppetry, puppets are operated by long sticks attached to their backs.
What is water puppetry?
400
Performance of this genre requires vocal clarity, inflection, and emotion.
What is storytelling?
400
This is the name of the first known opera.
What is Dafne?
400
This theatrical genre combines dialogue with music and sound effects.
What is radio play?
400
This theatrical genre was largely influenced by commedia dell'arte.
What is mime?
500
This is the name for a mid-range male voice.
What is a baritone?
500
This type of clown is known for its signature makeup and for playing the role of the fool.
What is Auguste?
500
This is the name for a ventriloquist's puppet.
What is a dummy?
500
This is the name of the theatre built by Lord Chamberlain's Men.
What is the Globe Theatre?
500
This genre is also known as Interpretive Theatre.
What is reader's theatre?
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