Know The Lingo
The area of the stage closest to the audience.
What is downstage?
A man steals a loaf of bread.
What is Les Miserables?
This musical features the songs "Defying Gravity" and "Popular".
What is Wicked?
This actress starred in the West End revival of Evita.
A great English playwright, poet, and actor known for his tragedies, comedies, and sonnets.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The process of dismantling a production's set, props, and other equipment after the final performance.
What is strike?
A social misfit pretends to have been friends with a deceased classmate and becomes a local hero.
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
This juke-box musical features tunes like Elton John's "Your Song," Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," and "Lady Marmalade".
What is Moulin Rouge?
This actor recently completed his run reprising the role of Aaron Burr in Hamilton.
Who is Leslie Odom Jr.?
The composer, lyricist, actor, and playwright best known for creating the hit Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
An actor positioning their body to be seen by the audience, while still interacting with other characters.
What is cheating out?
A barber is wrongly imprisoned and starts a very questionable revenge hobby.
What is Sweeney Todd?
This musical is opened with the song "All That Jazz".
What is Chicago?
Name three actors who performed in the 2025 Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.
Who are....(any 3)
Cynthia Erivo
Adam Lambert
Phillipa Soo
Raúl Esparza
Josh Gad
John Stamos
Milo Manheim
Zachary James
Brian Justin Crum
Tyrone Huntley
One of the most awarded composers in musical theater history known for revolutionizing musical theater with complex, sophisticated works. Usually risky songs to take to an audition.
Who is Stephen Sondheim?
The name of the arch that separates the stage from the audience in a theater of that same name.
What is a proscenium?
This musical is a song-cycle that uses a physics test as a device to explore and celebrate human connection.
What is "The Theory of Relativity?"
The number of minutes in a year.
How many is 525600?
This show won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical.
What is Maybe Happy Ending?
The legendary duo credited with creating the "golden age of musical theatre".
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
The German term for the first time the cast sings with the full orchestra or band.
What is sitzprobe?
Four confused Athenian lovers get lost in a forest, everyone gets magically cursed, and one guy gets turned into a donkey.
What is A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
This queen sings "All You Wanna Do" in Six: The Musical.
Who is Katherine Howard?
This musical was recently revived on Broadway and stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher.
What is Chess?
The choreographer who created a distinctive jazz-based style characterized by specific movements like turned-in knees and toes and curved shoulders, often incorporating props such as bowler hats and gloves.
Who is Bob Fosse?