BROADWAY THEATRES PART ONE

Broadway theatre, or
Broadway, are the
theatrical
performances
presented in the 41
professional theatres,
each with 500 or
more seats, located
in the theatre district
and the Lincoln
Center along
Broadway, in Midtown
Manhattan, New York
City.

Multiple Choice

What qualifies as a Broadway Theatre?

• A theatre that has 100 to 499 seats.

• A theatre that has 500 or more seats.

• A theatre with less than 100 seats.

• A theater that shows movies.

40 of the 41 Broadway
theatres are located in a 14
block area between 8th
Ave. on the west and
Broadway and 7th Ave. on
the east from 41st St. to
54th St. The Vivian
Beaumont is in the Lincoln
Center for the Performing
Arts just north of this area
near Broadway and 66th
St. Only three are actually
on Broadway.

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Most of the Broadway Theatres in New York are located where?

• In Brooklyn Heights.

• In the Bronx, near Yankee Stadium.

• On Staten Island.

• In Mid-town Manhatten, from 41st Street to 54th Street, between 8th Ave. and Broadway and 7th Ave.

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Only three Broadway Theatres are actually on Broadway.

• True

• False

Opened in 1924, The Al
Hirschfeld Theatre (originally
named The Martin Beck
Theatre) is named after a
famous cartoonist who drew
many cartoons of Broadway
show casts and many famous
stars and creators of Broadway
shows. The musical MOULIN
ROUGE is currently playing at
this theatre. Mr. & Mrs. Carter
saw Daniel Radcliffe in the
musical HOW TO SUCCEED IN
BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY
TRYING in 2011 at this theatre.

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What was the Al Hirschfeld Theatre originally named?

• The Martin Beck Theatre

• The Broadway Cartoonist Theatre

• The 45th Street Theatre

• The Byzantine Theatre

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What show is currently playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre?

• FROZEN

• ALADDIN

• MOULIN ROUGE

• THE LION KING

The Ambassador
Theatre opened in
1921. The Tony
Award Winning
Revival CHICAGO
has been playing at
this theatre since
2003. It holds the
record for the
longest running
Revival on
Broadway.

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The Ambassador Theatre opened in 1921.

• True

• False

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What long running revival has played at the Ambassador Theatre since 2003?

• CHICAGO

• OKLAHOMA!

• HELLO, DOLLY!

• THE MUSIC MAN

The August Wilson Theatre, named after the
important African American playwright, had
three other names before being changed to
its current name. They include The Guild
Theatre, ANTA (American National Theatre
and Academy) and The Virginia Theatre.

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The August Wilson Theatre, named after the important African American playwright, had three other names before it was changed to this name.  They included the original name of The Guild Theatre, The ANTA (American National Theatre and Academy) and the Virginia Theatre.

• True

• False

JERSEY BOYS, a
Jukebox Musical
about the music
and story of The
Four Seasons, is
the longest
running show to
play at the August
Wilson. It opened
in 2005 and ran
until 2017.

Multiple Choice

What is the longest running show at the August Wilson Theatre?

• FUNNY GIRL

• MEAN GIRLS

• JERSEY BOYS

• BACKSTREET BOYS

Broadway
impresario David
Belasco
commissioned
the building of
the Stuyvesant
Theatre to be
built in 1907. He
then renamed it
after himself in
1910. He built
an apartment
above the
theatre. This
was Belasco’s
second theatre.

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There were two theatres named after David Belasco; the first he leased, then renamed and it is now an Off-Broadway Theatre and the second which he built and was originally named The Stuyvesant before he renamed it after himself.

• True

• False

The
Bernard
B. Jacobs
Theatre
opened in
1927 as
the
Royale
Theatre.
It was
renamed
in 2005
after the
Shubert
president.

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The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre has always had this name since it was built in the 1920s.

• True

• False

The Booth Theatre is
named after the 19th
Century actor, Edwin

Booth. Opened in 1913,
the outside of the theatre
is the mirror image of the
Shubert Theatre although
it is much smaller on the
inside. The theatre seats
770 audience members
and is used for plays and

smaller musicals.

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What year did the Booth Theatre open?

• 1913

• 1923

• 1933

• 1973

The Broadhurst
Theatre opened
in 1917 and is on
the 44th Street
side of Shubert
Alley and is the
mirror image of
the Schoenfeld
theatre. It is one
of seven theatres
owned by the
Shubert
Organization on
44th and 45th
Streets.

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What year did the Broadhurst Theatre open?

• 1897

• 1917

• 1947

• 2017

The Broadway Theatre,
opened in 1924, was
originally operated as a
movie theatre and
showed the first Disney
cartoon starring Mickey
Mouse, STEAMBOAT
WILLIE.

In 2008, SHREK THE
MUSICAL opened and
Mr. Carter shows this
musical that was filmed
at The Broadway
Theatre in class.

Multiple Choice

The Broadway Theatre was first opened as a movie house and showed the first Disney cartoon with Micky Mouse, STEAMBOAT WILLIE

• True

• False

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What show filmed at the Broadway Theatre has Mr. Carter shown in his drama classes?

• THE WIZ LIVE!

• NEWSIES THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

• SHREK THE MUSICAL

• Dunbar's production of DISNEY'S ALADDIN JR

Circle In The Square was built in the basement of the Uris
Building, now Paramount Plaza, along side of the Gershwin

Theatre. It is the successor to the Greenwich Village non-profit

Off-Broadway Theatre.

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Which theatre that opened in 1972 was an uptown successor to a Greenwich Village nonprofit Off-Broadway Theatre?

• The Circle in the Square Theatre

• The Gershwin Theatre

• The James Earl Jones Theatre

• The Hudson Theatre

Circle In The Square is an arena style theatre with 651 seats that can

be configured as a true thrust stage or as theatre-in-the-round. In

the summer of 2018 Mr. & Mrs. Carter saw the Tony Award-winning

Revival of a Musical, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND.

Multiple Choice

The Circle in the Square Theatre is an arena style theatre with 651 seats and can be configured as a true thrust stage or as theatre-in-the-round.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What Tony Award Winning Revival did Mr. and Mrs. Carter see in 2018 at Circle In The Square?

• Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!

• ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

• THE MUSIC MAN

• Rodger's & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL

The Ethel
Barrymore
Theatre is
named after a
famous actress
from the Drew
and Barrymore
families of
American and
British actors
and is related
to Drew
Barrymore.

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The Ethel Barrymore Theatre is named after a famous actress from the Drew and Barrymore families of American actors and is related to Drew Barrymore.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tennessee Williams’
Pulitzer Prize Winning
Drama A STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE played at
the Barrymore in 1947. It
starred Marlon Brando and
Jessica Tandy.

Multiple Choice

What Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy opened at The Barrymore in 1947?

• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

• THE GLASS MENAGERIE

• THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA

• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE