Broadway Baby!
What should a theater in the theatre district in Manhattan have in order to be considered a true Broadway house?
500 seats or more
The name of this 19th/20th century variety show format means "voice of the city" in French.
Vaudeville
Opera was "invented" in what year(s)?
1600s/17th Century
This 1700s English genre was blatantly making fun of serious opera.
Ballad Opera
This 1600s Japanese dance drama is usually more comedic in tone.
Kabuki
What day of the week is usually a "dark day" on Broadway during which no shows run?
Monday
True or False: Vaudeville theaters were turned into "movie houses" across the country
TRUE...movies took over and pushed out Vaudeville acts from the circuit theaters from coast-to-coast
This element of operatic music imitates the natural inflection of speech.
Recitative
Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for their satirical and formulaic writing, including these fast-paced, silly songs.
Patter Songs (i.e. Modern Major General!)
This Chinese art form is highly acrobatic and relies on the accompaniment of percussive instruments.
Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
Today, Broadway is comprised of HOW MANY professional theaters in the New York City theatre district?
41
What was the general timeframe of the lifespan of American Vaudeville?
mid-1800s to 1930s
This element of operatic music serves as a more traditional "song" or vocal solo.
Aria
This 1866 show is considered by many to be the first musical comedy of its kind.
The Black Crook (...not a musical YET...!!)
This ancient Indian art form can be traced back to 200 BC.
Sanskrit Drama
How can "Off-Off-Broadway" be defined?
Still in NYC, but representing the avant-garde, amateur, or nonunion theaters in the region
These three-camera shows filmed on soundstages accommodated studio audiences AND at-home viewers.
This Italian-American composer specialized in one-act operas for modern audiences such as The Telephone.
Gian-Carlo Menotti
This 1927 show is recognized as the FULL INTEGRATION of music and serious drama.
Show Boat
This Indonesian art form uses shadow puppets to tell stories.
Wayang
Seating 1,933 total, this is the largest theatre house on Broadway.
The Gershwin Theater
Movies killed off Vaudeville for good
What differentiates opera from all other genres?
It is completely sung-through, relying fully on music as the main storytelling element.
First seen in Oklahoma!, this specialized kind of dance was specifically used to drive the plot forward.
Why is African theatre history generally difficult to trace?
Traditions were historically passed down orally, resulting in few written records.