Musical Theatre Terms
This is a song that includes two people.
What is a Duet?
The second time a song is sung in a musical often has this title along with it.
What is a reprise?
It is customary to do this after a song in a musical.
What is applaud(clap)?
This musical features the character of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.
What is Wicked?
This musical features the song, "A Whole New World."
What is Aladdin?
This is a song that includes three people.
What is a Trio?
The item used by actors to amplify their voice to the audience.
What is a microphone?
The number of acts in a traditional musical.
What is 2?
This musical, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, includes the song, "My Shot"?
What is Hamilton?
The longest running Broadway show of all time as of 2024?
The Phantom of the Opera
The halfway point of a musical is called this. This also is the time where they refilled the oil lamps originally.
What is intermission?
The location where the orchestra usually plays.
What is the pit?
This is the name of the building where a musical occurs.
What is a theatre?
What is West Side Story?
The first musical to win the Tony Award for Best Musical?
What is Oklahoma?
This item is used to show prerecorded material on stage.
What is a projector?
This is the music that starts the show.
What is an overture?
This is a light that highlights a specific character.
What is a spotlight?
This person wrote the musical "Cats."
Andrew Lloyd Webber
The musical that is set in a high school and features the song "Summer Nights."
What is Grease?
This group of singers helps move the plot along but are not a main character.
What is a chorus?
This is at the end of the show where the actors are recognized for their performance.
What is the curtain call?
This is what a musical is referred to when it deals with issues from the real world.
What is a social justice musical?
This musical, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, features the song, "I Dreamed a Dream."
This musical is the modern retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek myth.
What is Hadestown?