Contemporary Theater
Mamma Mia uses the songs from this band
What is ABBA?
The Golden Age of Broadway lasted this long
What is the 1940s-1960?
The theater that Shakespeare's plays were performed at
What is the Globe Theater?
What is Hamilton?
Traditionally said instead of good luck in theaters
What is "break a leg"?
The longest running show on Broadway
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This is considered the first Golden Age musical.
What is Oklahoma!
This time period of theater was characterized by dramatic masks
What is Ancient Greek Theater?
"My Favorite Things" and "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
What is The Sound of Music?
The name of this play is viewed as bad luck to say in a theater (Bonus if you know what we call it instead)
What is Macbeth?
Bonus: The Scottish Play
This character is known as the demon barber of Fleet Street
Who is Sweeney Todd?
This musical is widely considered the final musical of Broadway's Golden Age
What is Fiddler on the Roof?
This color indicated a tragedy was being played at the Globe Theater
What is black?
"One Day More" and "I Dreamed a Dream"
What is Les Misérables?
Theaters use these to ward off unwanted spirits and welcome those that guard the theatre (hint: we have one in Gross!)
What is a ghost light?
This show has won the most Tony awards
What is The Producers?
This person was Richard Rodgers' writing partner before he worked with Oscar Hammerstein
Who is Lorenz Hart?
The Actors Equity Association was founded in this year
When is 1913?
"Easy to Be Hard" and "Let the Sunshine In"
What is Hair?
This line from Gypsy is typically used to tell performers to be louder
What is "Sing out, Louise!"?
This was the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team
What is Waitress?
The most revived musical
Name four of Aristotle's six elements of theater (bonus for the other two)
What are plot, character, theme, language, music, and spectacle?
"You'll Never Walk Alone" and "June is Bustin' Out All Over"
The feather from this bird is something you should never bring onto a stage
What is a peacock?