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WorksheetsU.S. Theatre history Summative Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
What do we call theatre that presents life as it really is, not always neat and happy like a fairy tale?
Community theatre
Melodrama
Minstrel shows
Realism
What is the name for professional theatre companies outside of New York City, like the Paramount in Aurora?
Regional theatre
Showboats
Social reform
Vaudeville
What was Vaudeville?
Shows that brought around social awareness
Shows that made fun of African American culture
Live variety shows featuring singing, acting, dancing, and stunts
Paddle wheel theaters that carried performances up and down the river
Which of the following is not an ORIGINAL American theatrical form?
Vaudeville
Invisible theatre
Minstrel shows
Musical comedy
Opera
If singing and dancing plays an essential part in telling the story of a show, what is that called?
Regional theatre
Opera
Musical comedy
An allegory
Why did American theatre take so long to get started after the Pilgrims arrived?
Americans didn't enjoy theatrical performance
Radio and movies were more popular
Founders of America thought theatre was sinful and unnecessary
There were no theaters.
Why are Minstrel Shows no longer performed?
There are no African Americans left to perform them.
Slavery has ended.
They are ridiculously racist.
They are still performed.
What developed as a result of theatrical troupes traveling to perform?
Railroads
Television and radio
Minstrel shows
Acting families
What does this image most likely represent?
Clowning
Blackface makeup
Pantomime
Broadway
What city is suggested in this photo?
London
Chicago
Hollywood
New York
Live theatre:Broadway :: __________ :_____________
West End, Acrobats
Film, Hollywood
London, Hollywood
Showboats, Vaudeville
Where was the first playhouse in America built (in 1716)?
Williamsburg, VA
Washington, DC
New York, NY
Jamestown, VA
Which American art form arose from the otherwise shameful Minstrel Shows?
Blues
Ragtime
Tapdancing
All of these
What is the essential difference between professionial and amateur theatre?
Professionals have to join the union, amateurs don't
Professionals get paid, amateurs don't
Professionals have to follow the director's wishes, amateurs get to make performance decisions
All professionals are better than any amateurs
