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1

100

• Pricilla Queen of the Desert is a jukebox musical about a drag show at a remote resort in Australia. The show won the Tony for Best Costume Design in 2011. How many pounds of glitter did this production go through a month?

3 pounds

200

Which Broadway musical was the first to feature an on-stage costume change?

Dreamgirls

300

What’s a weird but useful thing (subjective) to have in an SM kit?

a train whistle

400

• What are you supposed to yell if something falls from a high place?

Heads

500

What is a changeover?

Changing from one show to another

2

100

What was the first Broadway musical with an all female creative team?

Waitress

200

Approximately how many light cues did Kathryn have in Spelling Bee? (not in cue #’s)

• 228 in act one

• 144 in act two

• 372

300

• What is the name of the colored piece attached to a light fixture to change the beam’s color?

gel

400

Who is the only person to ever have fallen from the old grid in MMNT

Bill McMillin

500

What happens during a Focus call?

• The lighting designer specifies where they would like lights to be directed as well as how sharp the edges are and the shutter positions

3

100

• Who was the first woman in Broadway history to win the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical?

Julie Taymor

200

What’s the difference between a hollywood style flat and a broadway style flat?

• broadway stands on its own, hollywood stands with support

300

What’s the name of the programming system almost all sound designers use?

QLab

400

What is the name of the friendly ghost who haunts MMNT

Billy

500

Who is responsible for the execution of designs and making sure practical issues get solved with the set?

Technical director

4

100

• How many approximate hours did it take to build all the props and puppets  for The Lion King?

37,000 hours

200

How many channels does a DMX cable run?

512

300

• What’s the word that stage managers say to make a cue happen?

GO

400

What is a ground plan?

A rendering of a set from a bird’s eye view

500

What is a dry tech?

A tech rehearsal without any actors

5

100

Which Broadway musical used more than 3,000 pounds of yak hair to build their costumes?

Cats

200

What’s the difference between a DMX and XLR cable?

which department is using it ;)

300

Which professor was once a clown?

Joe Carpenter

400

What does a dresser do?

Assists actors with quick changes and any last minute costume changes during the run of a show

500

What are some things you’d find in the stage management closet in MMNT?

• Medical supplies, show posters, etc