THEATRE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What might you call a Broadway National Tour or other professional production that travels to
theatres in major cities across the country? - ANS ✔✔A Bus and Truck Company
A Broadway Theatre could be described as...? - ANS ✔✔A for-profit commercial theatre in the
theatre district in Manhattan
What kind of theatre could be described as an amateur theater directed, acted, designed and
produced by a team of local volunteers? - ANS ✔✔Community Theatre
What is the union created to protect actors working in the theatre called? - ANS ✔✔Actors
Equity Association
What kind of Theatre can be described as a kind of mission-driven institution, most often run by
a board as well as an artistic director and managing director, that is funded by a mix of
subscribers, single ticket sales, donations made by patrons of the arts, and grants from the
government, corporations, and/or foundations? - ANS ✔✔Non-Profit Theatre
The Huntington Theatre in Boston is a part of a consortium of Regional Theatres called LORT, or
the League of Resident Theatres. LORT has 75 member Theatres located across the United
States. A large Regional Theatre such as this one could also be described as...? - ANS ✔✔-A
major professional theatre outside of New York City
-A theatre where most of the actors are in the union
-A non-profit theatre company
COMMERCIAL THEATRE - ANS ✔✔•For profit
, •Private producers
•Broadway in NY
•The West End in London
•As long as ticket sales exceed operating costs, the show stays open
•When costs exceed income, they "close."
NON-PROFIT THEATRE - ANS ✔✔•Non-profit
•Funding sources:
•Subscribers and single ticket sales
•Patrons and fundraising
•Grants -Corporate, Government, and Foundation funding
•Run by a board, artistic director, managing director
•Funders' missions can influence content
•Mission-driven
Broadway - ANS ✔✔•Broadway is a street running diagonally through Manhattan
•It begins in Battery Park (at the southern tip of the island) and ends in Washington Heights
(just before the Bronx)
Broadway Theatre - ANS ✔✔•A professional theatre located in Manhattan
•Designated for theatrical presentations (as opposed to opera, dance, concerts, standup, etc.)
•Contains 500 or more seats
•Maintains a union-friendly contract with Actor's Equity Association
•Not necessarily located on the street called Broadway
•Most, however, are located in the theatre district. The exception is Lincoln Center's Vivian
Beaumont Theatre (West 65th Street)
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What might you call a Broadway National Tour or other professional production that travels to
theatres in major cities across the country? - ANS ✔✔A Bus and Truck Company
A Broadway Theatre could be described as...? - ANS ✔✔A for-profit commercial theatre in the
theatre district in Manhattan
What kind of theatre could be described as an amateur theater directed, acted, designed and
produced by a team of local volunteers? - ANS ✔✔Community Theatre
What is the union created to protect actors working in the theatre called? - ANS ✔✔Actors
Equity Association
What kind of Theatre can be described as a kind of mission-driven institution, most often run by
a board as well as an artistic director and managing director, that is funded by a mix of
subscribers, single ticket sales, donations made by patrons of the arts, and grants from the
government, corporations, and/or foundations? - ANS ✔✔Non-Profit Theatre
The Huntington Theatre in Boston is a part of a consortium of Regional Theatres called LORT, or
the League of Resident Theatres. LORT has 75 member Theatres located across the United
States. A large Regional Theatre such as this one could also be described as...? - ANS ✔✔-A
major professional theatre outside of New York City
-A theatre where most of the actors are in the union
-A non-profit theatre company
COMMERCIAL THEATRE - ANS ✔✔•For profit
, •Private producers
•Broadway in NY
•The West End in London
•As long as ticket sales exceed operating costs, the show stays open
•When costs exceed income, they "close."
NON-PROFIT THEATRE - ANS ✔✔•Non-profit
•Funding sources:
•Subscribers and single ticket sales
•Patrons and fundraising
•Grants -Corporate, Government, and Foundation funding
•Run by a board, artistic director, managing director
•Funders' missions can influence content
•Mission-driven
Broadway - ANS ✔✔•Broadway is a street running diagonally through Manhattan
•It begins in Battery Park (at the southern tip of the island) and ends in Washington Heights
(just before the Bronx)
Broadway Theatre - ANS ✔✔•A professional theatre located in Manhattan
•Designated for theatrical presentations (as opposed to opera, dance, concerts, standup, etc.)
•Contains 500 or more seats
•Maintains a union-friendly contract with Actor's Equity Association
•Not necessarily located on the street called Broadway
•Most, however, are located in the theatre district. The exception is Lincoln Center's Vivian
Beaumont Theatre (West 65th Street)
