Broadway blockbusters
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, lyrics, and book for this hip-hop-infused mega-hit about America's founding fathers.
What is Hamilton?
Theater people never say "good luck" before a show instead, they tell performers to do this.
What is Break a leg?
A curious pig befriends an intelligent spider, to which he wins an award; and a new friend.
What is Charlotte's Web?
Angelicaaaaaa
Elizaaaaaaaaaa
What is AND PEGGYYYYYY!!!!!!!
This is the name of the room or area, usually high above or at the back of the audience, where the sound and light boards are operated.
What is the booth?
This musical tells the untold story of the witches of Oz.
What is Wicked?
When an actor moves forward (towards the audience) they are moving this direction.
What is downstage?
A green ogre gets forced out of his home (a swamp), and forced to retrieve a queen trapped inside a castle, guarded by the dreaded dragon, making friends along the way.
What is Shrek?
the sun'll come out...
What is TOMORROWWWWW
To protect actors from tripping in the dark, tech crews use this specific type of brightly colored, glowing adhesive tape to mark positions on the stage
What is spike tape?
This Disney adaptation featuring Julie Taymor's legendary puppetry is Broadway's highest-earning show of all time.
What is The Lion King?
The week before a performance where we use all aspects of the show (lights, sound, mics if they are used, costumes, hair, and makeup)
What is tech week?
A scavenger, desperate for money and food, finds a genie, giving him 3 wishes that may lead to his victory- or his demise.
What is Alladin?
I'm coming wait for me...
What is I HEAR THE WALLS REPEATING
If an actor's body mic is picking up too much rustling noise from their costume, this backstage department is responsible for fixing it.
What is the sound crew?
This Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece about a masked musical genius closed in 2023 after a historic 35-year run.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
When you are being respectful during a performance it is usually called this term.
What is audience etiquette?
A woman takes up a job in the radium facility, leading to her fatal demise.
What is These Shining Lives?
She acts like she don't see me....
What is SHE DOES'NT EVEN SPEAK
This is the specific term used for any object handled by an actor during a performance, such as a letter, a sword, or a cup.
What is a prop?
Before creating Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda won his first Best Musical Tony for this show set in Washington Heights.
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When you start rehearsing with no scripts on stage.
What is off book?
A group of children in a concentration camp during the Holocaust do their best to stay alive.
What is And a Child Shall Lead?
Theres a princess....
What is IN A TOWERRRRRR
During a live performance, this person sits backstage or in the booth, wears a headset, and is responsible for "calling" the cues to make sure lights, sound, and set pieces move at the exact right moment.
What is the stage manager?