Musicals
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Minute to Win it?
This is what occurs when all the lights onstage are off.
What is a Blackout?
WHICH PLAY BEGS THE QUESTION "TO BE OR NOT TO BE?"
What is HAMLET?
The abbreviation for Upstage Right
What is USR?
Actors are referred to as Thespians in honor of this man, who became the first actor.
Who is Thespis?
NAME THE DUO WHO WROTE THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE KING AND I, AND SOUTH PACIFIC.
WHAT IS RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN?
The designers, actors, and crews all answer to this "directive" individual.
What is the Director?
NAME THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER WHO WROTE A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE & CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
WHAT IS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS?
This refers to the area that is the closest onstage area to the audience
What is downstage?
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WHICH MUSICAL HAS HAD THE LONGEST RUNNING REVIVAL?
The physical environment in/on which the actors perform
What is Scenery / Set?
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Both offstage areas are referred to as this.
hint: birds & airplanes
What is Wings?
This venue was the favorite playing space for William Shakespeare, his theater company built it.
What is the Globe Theater?
This musical, which debuted in 1986, is the longest running show in Broadway history, running consecutively for 24 years.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
Enables the audience to see the actors and physical elements, and adds additional atmosphere and layers of meaning through use of color and direction of light.
What is lighting?
THIS 1953 PLAY WAS AN ALLEGORY FOR MCCARTHYISM.
Another name for the area in a theater where the audience is seated.
What is House?
This character, who murders her children to spite her husband, shares a name with a modern Tyler Perry character.
Who is Medea?
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING MUSICAL FILM?
What is GREASE?
without actors to rehearse the integration of lighting, scenic changes etc.
What is a Dry Tech?
WITH A DEATH COUNT OF FOURTEEN, THIS SHAKESPEARE PLAY BOASTS THE MOST DEATHS.
WHAT IS TITUS ANDRONICUS?
The end of a show is usually marked by the closing of this, but not always in more modern times.
What is the Curtain?
This musical, set in 1950's New York, is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and features classic songs like, "I Feel Pretty," and "America."
What is West Side Story?