U.S. Theatre history Summative Review

What is typically a trial venue for new or smaller shows in New York City?

• Community theatre

• Absurdist theatre

• Broadway theatre

• Off-Broadway theatre

Type of theatre that suggests all life is meaningless and people speak and act randomly.

• Absurdist theatre

• Broadway theatre

• Regional theatre

• Invisible theatre

Which of the names below are examples of US acting families?

• The Disneys, the Pixars, and the Booths

• The Avengers, the Super Friends, and the Magnificent Seven

• The Booths, the Baldwins, and the Hallams

• The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, and the Hoffstaders

What is "blackface?"

• Sooty black makeup used in minstrel shows

• When an actor has to show extreme sadness.

• Make up to simulate burns on an actor's face

• When an actor is not allowed to perform because they are unattractive.

London : The West End :: New York : ____________

• Live theatre

• The United States

• Invisible theatre

• Broadway

What do we call a theatre group with multi-generational related members?

• A Vaudeville show

• An Acting Family

• A Minstrel Show

• A Broadway Show

What is "Broadway?"

• A street in Manhattan, New York City where there are lots of large, professional theatres.

• A regional theatre in Dallas, TX where Vaudevillian Wil Rogers began.

• Any wide street in America.

• A venue for the production of bourgeois theatre and absurdist theatre.

What are performances from the 19th century that included skits and songs mocking "plantation culture?"

• Community theatre

• Melodrama

• Minstrel shows

• Realism

Where is amateur theatre produced locally?

• Community theatre

• Melodrama

• Minstrel shows

• Realism

What sort of theatre featured exaggerated archetypical characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions, interspersed with songs and music to highlight the action?

• Community theatre

• Melodrama

• Minstrel shows

• Realism