Theater History

What is "pictoral realism"

• making the set as realistic as possible

• Making the set as unrealistic as possible

• Not building a set

• Taking a picture of the set

What is the important invention of the Industrial Revolution

• The Light bulb

• The Trap Door

• The Oven

• The Candle

What is the new genre of the Victorian Period

• Tragedy

• Melodrama

• Comedy

• History

What is NOT an element of musicals in the 20's

• Comedy

• Kick Lines

• Tragic Endings

• Jazz

What was the first Broadway Musical

• Showboat

• Black Crook

• Music Man

• Sound of Music

What Broadway Musical started the "Golden Age"

• Sound of Music

• Hamilton

• West Side Story

• Oklahoma

What are the important aspects of Melodrama

• Starting happy, but having a tragic ending

• Good people going to Heaven when they die

• Heroes, Villans, and evil schemes

• Starting sad, but having a happy ending

What does the word "Kabuki" mean

• Silly or Extrodinary

• Normal or Boring

• Strange or Bizare

• Kittens

Kabuki Performers wore masks

• True

• False

What was the first popular British Musical

• Oklahoma

• Oliver

• Grease

• West Side Story