It's All Greek to Me
A group of individuals who help to narrate the story.
What is a Greek Chorus?
The area of a theater where the audience sits.
What is the house?
Name one of the big names in musical theatre.
Who is...
Possible answers:
Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein, Jason Robert Brown, ALW, Gershwin, Berlin, Menken
This political figure is the namesake for this time period of theatre.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
Fully functioning sets and three dimensional characters are both conventions of this theatrical movement.
What is realism?
This costume piece was worn on the head and often used exaggerated expressions.
What are masks?
This Greek playwright is known for his work: Medea.
These are the four elements of musicals.
What are acting, songs, spoken dialogue, and dance?
This Shakespeare play inspired the movie The Lion King.
What is Hamlet?
The first person to act out different characters.
Who is Thespis?
A contemporary of Shakespeare, this playwright wrote Dr. Faustus and Edward II.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
Feel good shows and large dance numbers were popular during this era of musicals.
What is the Golden Age?
This theater was home to Shakespeare's acting company.
What is the Globe?
Potential answers:
Who am I?
Where am I?
When is it?
What do I want?
Why do I want it?
How will I get it?
What do I need to overcome?
Triangular prisms that can revolve for scene changes.
What are periaktoi?
This type of theater is flexible in both its seating, as well as its playing area.
What is a black box theater?
Pre-contemporary musicals included big budgets, Disney musicals, revue musicals, and creative plots. Pre-contemporary musicals spanned across these years.
What is 1970-1999?
This term refers to actors during the Elizabethan period.
What are players?
Masks and chorus work become popular again during this theatrical movement.
What is expressionism?
The world's first play critic.
Who is Aristotle?
The term for a stage that is a wedge shape.
Hint, this is where we get the terms "upstage" and "downstage".
What is raked?
Finding Neverland, Trail to Oregon, The Producers, and Starry are all from this musical era.
What is contemporary?
These four elements were combined for plays during this time.
What are prose, poetry, comedy, and tragedy?
Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, and Dan O'Brien are all popular playwrights from this theatrical movement.
What is postmodernism?