Stage Directions
This is the exact middle of the stage. When written it can be abbreviated as CS.
What is center stage?
This is the most common type of stage. It's named for its framing arch.
What is a proscenium stage?
This massive arch is from where the most common type of stage gets its name.
This musical duos work includes The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast, and Little Shop of Horrors. One of them holds the record for most Oscars won.
Who are Alan Menkin & Howard Ashman?
This show is currently playing at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City. It is also based on a classic 80's movie starring Christopher Lloyd and Micheal J. Fox.
What is Back To The Future: The Musical?
This stage direction has the actor moving to the audience's left. However, for the actor it's a synonym for correct.
What is stage right?
This type of stage has the audience on three sides of it. It is named for how it goes out into the audience.
What is a thrust stage?
These are the side areas backstage. They are also the things that allow birds to fly.
What are wings?
This woman is famous for directing the most profitable musical production of all time with The Lion King. She also directed one of Broadway's biggest flops with Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark.
Who is Julie Taymor?
This Disney classic was composed by two of my artistic inspirations. I also showed you two performances from it.
What is Beauty & The Beast?
This stage direction has the actor moving to the audience's right. However, for the actor its the opposite.
What is stage left?
This type of the stage is surrounded by the audience. The idea is for everyone to have a good seat.
What is theater in-the-round?
These curtains are on the side of the stage and are used to hide the wings. You also have a pair of them.
What are legs?
This Latin American actress is one of the few people in the world to have obtained an E.G.O.T. She was also part of the original production of West Side Story.
Who is Chita Rivera?
This musical was inspired by true events. While America was suffering from one of its greatest tragedies, there was hope for 38 planes that landed in Gander, New Found-land.
What is Come From Away?
This stage direction is when the actor gets further away from the audience. In the long ago it was literally a climb.
What is upstage?
This type of stage doesn't have a roof. The performances on this stage use natural light to enhance the experience.
What is an open air theater?
This is the biggest curtain in the theater. It sits behind the proscenium arch.
What is the grand drape?
This director is famous for his work on The Lord of The Rings movies. He also took over directorial duties for The Hobbit trilogy when another one of my artistic inspirations left the project.
Who is Peter Jackson?
The performance of this classic Tennessee Williams play was used as a bad example of theater in-the-round.
What is A Streetcar Named Desire?
This stage direction is when the actor gets closer to the audience.
What is downstage?
This type of stage is named for its color and shape. It has the first level of the audience on the same level as the performance area.
What is a black box theater?
This pole is where the stage lights are hung. It can be raised and lowered via a pulley system.
What is a light rail?
This English author is most famous for having written the Discworld series of novels. He passed in 2015 after a public battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Who is Terry Pratchett?
This show was talked about in the video discussing the history of the Winter Garden Theater. This Andrew Lloyd Weber musical required a hole to be cut in the roof of the theater and for a platform to be built on top.
What is Cats?