People
Person who provides money to finance a new show.
Angel
Encore
To perform something extra
Break-A-Leg
Good Luck
Large piece of fabric that covers the stage when the show has not started
An orphan in a large house
Annie
Choreographer
Person who teaches all the DANCES
Standing Ovation
High Praise for a performance
Quartet
Music for four singers
Theater district in New York City
Broadway
A flying Nanny and some cartoons
Mary Poppins
Person in charge of everything on the stage
Director
Break between acts of the show
Intermission
Dark Night
No show tonight, theater lights are off
SRO
Standing Room Only
The King and I
Producer
Person in charge of putting together the entire show
Entr’acte
Music played between the acts to quiet the audience and set the mood for Act 2
Overture
Music played before the show begins to set the mood
Person who writes the WORDS to the songs
Lyricist
Cowboys and Farmers...Kansas City!
Oklahoma!
Librettist
Person who writes the story for the show
Matinee
Afternoon performance
Chorus
When the cast sings a song together
Objects and Backgrounds on a stage
Set
Show about a homeless woman becoming a sophisticated lady of society
My Fair Lady