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Choreographer for Chicago. His style is known for unusual movents of the body, such as arms and legs. Also known for using hats and loving lines. |
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An African American singer who won a Tony for her performance in Dream Girls. |
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Daughter of Judy Garland. She played Rose in Gypsy - Soundheim |
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Jazz singer. Started off as a standup comedian. One of the first actresses to come out as a lesbian. Sang I Can Cook Too. (On the Town) |
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An 87 (75 at the time) year old woman who sang The Ladies Who Lunch. (Company) |
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What is the name of the Danish comedian who made himself famous by a piano comedy sketch? |
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Who was the first African American entertainer to appear on Broadway? |
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Who was the talented singer, dancer, and comic who was the least attractive Follies girl? |
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Who was the self proclaimed world's best entertainer? Also sang "Blackface" and "Swanee" |
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Who was the director, composer, singer and dancer whose songs include "Yankee Doodle boy" and "Over there"? |
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This producer created the Broadway group known as the Follies. |
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Who were the composers of the musical "Show Boat"? |
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Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. |
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Who is the Greek God of wine and fertility? |
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Known to be the first actor. Greek. (Thespians) |
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What is a midieval drama designed to teach a lesson? |
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Also called Cycle plays, these plays are based on historical events. |
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This Greek tragedy is about a man who kills his father and marries his mother. |
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Who wrote the six elements of drama in his work titles "The Poetics"? |
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What do the initials A.E.A stand for? |
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Actors Equity Association |
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Name the Broadway theatre that was the crown jewel of the theatre district. (Disney) |
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What entertainer is on the statue in Times Square? |
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Patterns and arrangements of performer's movements onstage. |
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Rehearsal in which the cast goes through the text in the order that it will be performed. |
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Rate at which a performance is played. |
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Person who coordinates all the rehearsals for the director and runs the show. |
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All the non-production elements of the theatre. Space-box office-lobby-auditorium. |
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Visual composition. How the scene will apper to the audience. |
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What are tryouts for performers called? |
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Assigning a role to a performer. |
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Who was the narrtor of the broadway series? |
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Name three musicals that Stephan Sondheim either wrote the lyrics or both lyrics and music. |
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1. Into The Woods
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Company
4. Sunday in the Park with George
5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
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Who Choreographed "Chicago" on Broadway? |
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Name three Andrew Loyd Webber musicals. |
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1. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2. Evita
3. Jesus Christ superstar
4. Cats
5. The Phantom of the Opera
6. Sunset Boulevard |
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Julie Taymor created costumes for this complex musical. |
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Name the guest speaker who came to talk to the class. He was in "The Producers" on Broadway and played at the Forum as Harry Truman. |
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Name two Neil Simon plays |
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1. Barefoot in the Park
2. Brighton Beach Memoirs
3. Fools
4. Th Good Doctor |
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Name two Tennesse Williams plays. |
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1. The Glass Menagerie
2. A Street Car Named Desire
3. Suddenly, Last Summer
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
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Who was the Norwegian playwright responsible for featuring realism? |
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Who was the Swedish playwright responsible for featuring realism in plays? |
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Who was the Russian playwright responsible for featuring realism in their plays? |
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Name 7 plays by William Shakespeare. |
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1. Hamlet
2. The Tempest
3. King Lear
4. Romeo and Juliet
5. Macbeth
6. Othello
7. As You Like It
8. Midsummer Nights Dream
9. Twelth Night
10. Two Gentlemen of Verona |
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Name two Arther Miller plays. |
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1. The Crucible
2. Death of a Salesman
3. An Enemy of the People
4. A View from the Bridge |
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Name two Eugene O Neil plays |
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1. Long Day's Journey into Night
2. The Iceman Cometh
3. Ah, Wilderness! |
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Name two William Inge plays |
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1. Picnic
2. Bus Stop
3. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs |
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Theatre Blossomed in New York City in 1927 once this opened on 42nd street, making it easier to see shows. |
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What year did "talkies" open in America? |
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What was the name of the film where they first talked? |
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What is the frame that separates the stage from the auditorium and forms an outline for the stage? |
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Name the Broadway star who started off as a secretary but could hold a note out for a long time. (Annie get your gun, call me madam) Known for singing loudly. |
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What was Times Square named after? |
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In 1904 the New York Times lobbied to get the formerly "Longacre Square" renamed to Times Square after the NY Times building that was there. |
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What was Times Square before it was Times Square? |
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Why is Broadway called "The Great White Way"? |
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Refers to the lights along broadway. |
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Who created the musical Porgy and Bess? |
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Wrote God Bless America and White Chistmas |
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Illusion of depth in painting introduced during the Renaissance. |
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Improv theatre created in Italy in 1400-1500 |
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Name three Greek playwrights |
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1. Aeschylus
2. Euripides
3. Sophocles |
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Greek playwright of comedy
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City that is the setting for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinnner." |
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Occupation held by Matt Drayton |
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Where did Joey and Dr. Prentice meet? |
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What city did John's parents reside? |
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What actor played Matt Drayton? GWCD |
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What Actress played Christina Drayton? GWCD |
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What actor played Dr. Prentice? GWCD |
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Who directed Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? |
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What year was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner released? |
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Who wrote Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? |
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What year was Singin' in the Rain released? |
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What year did Singin' in the Rain take place? |
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What actor played Don Lockwood? SITR |
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What actress played Kathy Selden? SITR |
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What actor played Cosmo Brown? SITR |
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What actress played Lina Lamont? SITR |
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What actor played the 6 ft tall dancer in green? SITR |
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Who directed Singin' in the Rain? |
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Stanley Donan & Gene Kelly |
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Who wrote the screenplay for Singin' in the Rain? |
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Adolph Green & Betty Comden |
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Name three songs in Singin' in the Rain. |
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1. Make Em' Laugh
2. Moses Supposes
3. Good Mornin' |
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Who invented the first camera on wheels? |
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Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath? |
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Who directed Grapes of Wrath? |
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When was Grapes of wrath released? |
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Who did they bury at the beginning of Grapes of Wrath? |
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Where did Grapes of Wrath take place? |
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What Mel Brooks musical broke records for the Tony Awards? |
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What are the 6 elements of drama in the poetics? |
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1. Plot
2. Character
3. Thought and theme
4. Language
5. Music
6. Spectacle
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The six elements common to all theatre are? |
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1. performers
2. Audience
3. director
4. theatre space
5. design
6. script |
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Who was the broadway producer of 42nd street & announced on opening night that the director had died? |
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Speech in which a character who is alone on stage speaks his inner thoughts. |
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Who are the stars of Big Business and Busy bodies? |
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Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel |
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Comedian known for his pool routine |
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Who was in The Great Dictator? |
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Studio that produced Singin' in the Rain? |
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Don Lockwood's former job? SITR |
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Who wrote The Birds and The Frogs? |
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Who played Joey Drayton? GWCD |
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American Actor/songwriter |
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Who was Constantin Stanislavski? |
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Russian actor / theatre director. Wrote An Actor Prepares and is known for Emotional Recall. |
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