Musical Titles
A deal is made to make Washington, DC, the nation's new capital, in "The Room Where It Happens.” What smash hit Broadway musical is the song from?
Hamilton
This Hogwarts Alumni has recently made his Broadway debut revising his role as a certain platinum blonde wizard in stage production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Tom Felton
This was Disney's first Broadway Musical.
Beauty & The Beast
This well known composer was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 for his immense contributions to music and theatre, earning the title "Sir". He was further honored with a life peerage in 1997, becoming Lord Lloyd-Webber, and later made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III in 2024.
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber
A complex system of ropes, counterweights, and pulleys that raises and lowers scenery, curtains, or lighting rigs.
What is a Fly System/ Rail
One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, what Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord?
Rent
Before toasting to "New Money" with the elite in Long Island, before sailing newspapers as the "King of New York", before even being the Clyde to her "Bonnie" this Broadway power house made his Broadway Debit in 2009 in Rock of Ages as a Swing/Understudy
Jeremy Jordan
What is the minimum number of seats that a venue in the Theater District must have in order to be considered a "Broadway" theater, rather than "Off-Broadway"?
500
This acclaimed composer and lyricist of Wicked & this composer best known for defining the sound of the Disney Renaissance came together to bring to life what we now know as the stage adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
This playback software is the most common one you will find used among sound designers & sound board operators
QLab
Named for a major Midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?"
Chicago
This Actress turned adjunct Professor holds special ties to the Hoosier state by working closely with Ball State University's Department of Theatre & Dance.
Sutton Foster
Rent (the musical) Producers sold two rows’ worth of $20 tickets a couple hours before each performance. The offering was so popular that it became a safety issue, since young people had started spending the night in line outside the theater.
The producers replaced the first-come-first-served policy with the first ever Broadway ________: where everyone enters their name in person, and the winners get dibs on the $20 tickets.
Lottery
The smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" is staged in a theater named for what legendary songwriting partner of Oscar Hammerstein?
Richard Rodgers
Sidelights are crucial for highlighting movement, particularly in dance, but they often create strong, harsh shadows that must be carefully filled in by other, softer lights. This is called ________.
Shadow Management
After 35 years and almost 14,000 performances, “The Music of the Night” finally came to a stop at the Majestic Theater in 2023. “All I Ask Of You” is: what’s the name of the longest-running Broadway musical?
The Phantom of the Opera
Mandy Patinkin starred as George in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday In The Park With George. This famous actor starred in the same role of the 2017 Broadway revival of that musical.
Who is Jake Gyllenhaal
This was the first year the Tony Awards took place.
1947
What lyricist and composer (who died in 2021) had a Broadway theater named for him on the occasion of his 80th birthday?
Stephen Sondheim
When designing a show we have to take into account and remember the ______ and ________ in these elements of design (set, costumes, props).
Concept and The 30 foot rule
Referring to then-future president John Adams, the songs "Sit Down, John" and "But, Mr. Adams" come from what Broadway musical named for an important year in American history?
1776
A chorus line on Broadway and, in her later years, the picturesque town of Stars Hollow, must have felt far from home for which Denver-raised Tony Award-winning actress?
Kelly Bishop
This musical was the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team?
Waitress
These two brothers brought us a wave of musicals such a as their first musical together, Lady, Be Good! (1924) and their most well known Crazy For You in 1992 thanks to their existing catalog, largely based on their show Girl Crazy. (1930)
One brother died suddenly in 1937 from a brain tumor.
George and Ira Gershwin
Which show was the first one to introduce wireless mics to Broadway?
CATS