This is the typical outdoor venue in which ancient Greeks would hold their performances.
What is an Amphitheater?
100
He was the first musical impressario who is credited with producing the first modern American Musical.
Who is Florenz Ziegfeld?
100
This was the first musical about a roving riverboat on the Mississippi.
What is Showboat?
100
He wrote Phantom of the Opera.
Who is Andrew Lloyd Weber?
100
This is the dividing section which separates the apron from the rest of the stage.
What is the proscenium arch?
200
He was the first major actor who stepped out of the Chorus to perform as a soloist.
What is Thespis?
200
This is the place in NYC where people gathered to write and sell their music.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
200
This musical takes place in Paris and involves a disfigured man who owns a performance venue which he rents out and who is also in love with the the main character.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
200
He wrote Into the Woods.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
200
These are the curtains on the side of the stage that hid props, scenery, and actors.
What are the legs?
300
He was the first major playwright who started to incorporate both singing and acting into performances.
Who is Euripides?
300
These stage acts were a satire on African American culture and often portrayed white actors in Blackface.
What are Minstrel Shows?
300
This musical takes place in the American Midwest and involved a love triangle between a woman, a cowboy, and a farmhand.
What is Oklahoma?
300
He was a famous conductor and composer who wrote West Side Story.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
300
This is the location on stage if you were closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
400
Actors wore these to distinguish between different characters.
What are masks?
400
He was the first actor to perform in the Ziegfeld Follies who could do everything such as singing, dancing, and acting.
Who is George M. Cohan?
400
This musical is based on a book by James Lapine which includes many stories written by the Grimm brothers.
What is Into the Woods?
400
This duo wrote many musicals such as Oklahoma, The King and I, and South Pacific.
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
400
This is the place in front of the stage where the musicians sit to perform.
What is the orchestra or the pit?
500
This was the building connected to the stage where actors could change costumes or store props.
What is the skene?
500
During this time, actors and actress went on strike to procure certain rights and unionize.
What is the Red Summer of 1919?
500
This musical takes place during the French Revolution and involves a reformed criminal trying to make amends.
What is Les Miserable?
500
He wrote the music for the first musical, Showboat.
Who is Jerome Kern?
500
This is the front portion of the stage, in front of the main curtain.