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TERMS TO KNOW
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EPIC EXPRESSION
100

This shows life as it is.

What is naturalism?

100

The main acting style and training for realism.

What is Method Acting?

100

Tourist attraction and cultural hub with "must see" theatre 

What is New York City (Broadway)?

100

"Starry Night," "The Bedroom," and "Self-Portrait"

What are paintings by Vincent Van Gogh?

200

The structure that creates the 4th Wall

What is the proscenium (arch)?

200

Type of musical theatre that broke Golden Age conventions with non-linear plots, breaking of the 4th wall/audience interactions, and improvisation 

What is Experimental Musical?

200

The first musical to successfully merge music/song, narrative and dance

What is Oklahoma!?

200

Epic theatre audiences laugh when characters

What is cry?

300

The foundation of Method Acting

What is imagination?

300

The juxtaposition of 2 opposing political or social views presented through characters, dialogue and circumstances.

What is dialectic?

300

Global appeal, new technology, spectacle driven and commercial success

What are mega-musicals?

300

Dissolves, cuts, special effects, dream sequences

What is expressionism's influence on film?

400

Complex characters, one setting, series of plot twists/reversals and climax

What is a "well-made play" (or climactic dramatic structure)

400

Poor Theatre's foundation/motto that relied on actors to use their own bodies and voices to create the theatrical act

What is via negativa?

400

Most popular between 1940 and 1960.

What is the Golden Age (of Book Musicals)?

400

"To make the familiar strange"

What is Alienation Effect (A-Effect)?

500

Influence on realism that argued characters are complex individuals with motivated behaviors

What is psychology?

500

The activation of the spectactor that moves them from fear to fight

What is dynamization?

500

The focus of rock musicals

What is music?

500

A pregnant prostitute

What is an example of gestus?

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