Hierarchy
Who is the Director?
A bird-eye view of the set.
What is a groundplan?
One is in black and white and includes notes, the other is in full color.
What are the differences between a sketch and a rendering?
Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George.
What are musicals written by Stephen Sondheim?
The artwork as a whole.
What is a composition?
The person who directly oversees light crew and sound crew.
Who is the Tech Director?
This type of stage has audience on three sides.
What is a thrust stage?
A person that makes hats.
Who is a milliner?
The longest-running show on Broadway with over 31,000 performances over 35 years.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
Cube, sphere, pyramid, ovoid, cylinder.
What are examples of forms?
The House Manager oversees Publicity, the House Staff, and this group of people who are responsible for selling tickets.
Who is the Box Office?
View of the set from the audience's POV.
What is a front elevation?
A person that makes shoes.
Who is a cobbler?
This green girl gets painted eight times a week and soars overhead with her hit song "Defying Gravity".
Who is Elphaba from Wicked?
Foreground, midground, and background.
What are the parts of a composition?
The Stage Manager is over the Running Crew and this person who is responsible for calling cues backstage and assisting.
Who is the Assistant Stage Manager?
A stage that has audience on one side.
What is a proscenium stage?
Oversee shop, hire/fire staff, keep stock of supplies.
What are the duties of the costume shop manager?
The large white curtain at the very back of the stage.
What is the cyclorama (CYC)?
Organic and geometric.
What are the two categories of shapes?
This group of people works directly under the Director and Assistant Director.
Who are the Actors?
A stage that has audience on all sides.
What is an arena stage?
When characters' costumes match in color to show their relationship.
What is color coding?
Mr. Brooks's cat's name.
Who is Noodle?
Sculpting plaster to mimic the look and feel of waves on a composition.
What is an example of actual texture?