Show Terminology
It starts the show before the curtains open.
What is an overture?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This song is an example of ______.
What is a duet?
A musical that uses popular music that has already been written and puts a story around it.
What are juke box musicals?
A break in the middle of a musical theater production.
What is the intermission?
Introduces a character and tells us what they want.
What is a solo in Act I?
This is also known as the finale in musicals.
What is the conclusion (resolution)?
This song is an example of _________.
What is a solo (Act I)?
This is the largest and hardest to define era of musical theater, according to experts.
What is the Contemporary era?
This musical features the song "Waving Through A Window".
What is Dear Evan Hansen?
Two or more characters talking on stage.
What is dialogue?
The opening number of a musical falls into this part of story mountain.
What is the exposition?
This song is an example of _______.
What is an opening number?
Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Shrek, etc.
What are Disney-ish musicals?
This was the first musical to premiere in America in 1866.
What is The Black Crook?
It is a shortened version of a song from earlier in the musical.
What is a reprise?
The part of the story that happens directly before the resolution.
What is the falling action?
This song is an example of __________.
What is an overture?
This was the first musical where the songs were used to further the story.
What is Showboat?
This song being played is from the musical __________.
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
Who, what, when, where, and why.
What are the (five) questions answered by the opening number?
This song falls on the ___________ of story mountain.
What is rising action?
This song is an example of _________.
What is a reprise?
This is the first era of musical theater to use body microphones, no longer needing to rely on acoustics to carry the sound.
What is the Classic era?
Premiering in 1968, this was the first musical to have an original soundtrack consisting of only rock music.
What is Hair?