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(Complete the phrase) "I did not have ____________ with that woman." -Bill Clinton
What is sexual relations
An American actress and singer who won a Tony Award for the role of “Sally Brown” in the show “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” in 1999 and originated the role of “Glinda” in the play “Wicked” in 2003.
Who is Kristin Chenoweth?
Escaping the intense commercial pressure of Broadway, these theaters fostered the development of feminist and other experimental drama.
What are off-Broadway theatres?
A Disney musical involving animal costumes and large hollow puppets that won a Tony Award for Best Musical.
What is 'The Lion King'?
American theatre continued the boom that began in the 1980’s, with large scale productions such as Ragtime (1997) and Rent (1994) drawing audiences to this American city.
What is New York City?
A three time Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner and the American playwright who wrote “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.
Who is Edward Albee?
'Performance art', a type of experimental theatre incorporating these two elements came into prominence in the late 1980's.
What are Dance and Visual arts?
the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway History.
This new technology becomes available for unrestricted commercial use in 1991, ushering in the information age.
What is the internet
An American-Italian Actor known for work on film as well as in theatre, a founder of a New-York based experimental theatre group “The Wooster Group”.
Who is Willem Dafoe?
First preformed in 1994, this rock musical found great success; humanizing AIDS and also speaking to greater socio-economic and cultural issues of the time
What is 'Rent'?
This two-part play written by Tony Kushner won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.
What is 'Angels in America'?
Operation Desert Storm was the code name for this American conflict.
What is the Gulf War
An American playwright who dropped out of school due to racial hostility and who’s work addresses the comic and tragic aspects of African American life in Pittsburgh during the 1920s.
Who is August Wilson?
This play, produced in London, was originally performed 786 times at the Globe Theatre before its revision and Broadway debut in 1988.
What is 'Lettice and Lovage'?