People in Theatre
Modern Musicals
Technical Theatre
Vocab
Miscellaneous
100

What do you call a person who plays a character role?

An actor

100

Two women murder their husbands and fight for fame in the headlines of a famous American city 

Chicago

100
What do you call the writing of a play or movie? 

A script

100

What is it called to compose a dance?

Choreography

100

What is the longest-running show on Broadway?

Phantom of the Opera

200

What do you call a person who can act, sing, and dance well?

A Triple Threat

200

A teenage boy with anxiety creates a social media presence based purely on lies.

Dear Evan Hansen

200
What is the job of someone who creates clothing for a theatrical production? 

Costume designer

200

What do you call the scripted movement of actors?

Blocking

200

What is Broadway's most prestigious award?

A Tony

300

What do you call a person who writes plays?

A playwright

300

A production based on the true story of the newsboy strikes in New York in 1899.

Newsies

300

What is the name of the person who calls cues from the technical booth?

Stage manager

300

What does Renaissance mean?

Rebirth

300

Acting without a script is known as...

Improv

400

The name of a famous playwright who lived from 1564-1616

William Shakespeare


400

A prequel to the characters before the Wizard of Oz

Wicked

400

What is the technical element that provides special effects, music, and sound to enhance moods and amplify speech

Sound design

400

What does it mean to turn out so the audience can see you?

Cheating out

400

What was the first Disney show to be produced on Broadway?

Beauty and the Beast

500

What do you call an understudy who learns multiple roles in the ensemble?

A Swing

500

A musical about a playwright in competition with William Shakespeare

Something Rotten

500

What do you call the middle curtain of a stage?

Traveler curtain

500

What do you call the rise and fall of a voice in a speaking manner that may help change the meaning of a sentence?

Inflection

500

What type of theatre is held outside where the audience participates?

Immersive theatre