Musical Theatre
What is the person who directs the orchestra called?
Conductor
Who perform on the stage?
Actors
What is the technical element that provides special effects, supplies music to enhances the mood and amplifies speech?
Sound
What do you call the stage movement from one place onstage to another?
Cross
True or false; Only musicals can have music and sining.
False
What is the name of the music that is played at the beginning of the show (gives an audience a taste of the music)?
Overture
(DOUBLE POINTS) Who oversees the entire process of staging a production?
Director
What is the technical element that helps create the mood of the play, helps the actors be seen, and enhances the production?
Lighting
What do you call an audition where you audition with a script that you haven't previously read?
Cold Read
What was the first Disney musical on Broadway?
Beauty and the Beast
What is the designed dance for a production called?
Choreography
Who handles the business end of a production?
Producer
What technical element helps establish time period or geographical region?
Costumes
To steal the focus of a scene away from another actor
Upstage
(DOUBLE POINTS) What are your two vocal responsibilities to the audience?
To be heard and understood
Whats is the purpose of a song in a musical?
To advance the plot
Who is responsible for changing the set from scene to scene?
Set Crew
(DOUBLE POINTS) In theatre, what do you call a wall that is apart of a set?
Flat
What is a thoughts and actions of a character that are not directly state?
Subtext
What was the first musical on Broadway that had all the elements of musical theatre (song and dance that helped advance the plot)?
Oklahoma
What is the difference between the Book and the Lyrics of a musical?
The book is the script and the Lyrics are the words in a song.
Who is the technical liaison during rehearsal and performances?
Stage Manager
What do you call anything an actor touches on stage?
Prop
What is a smaller section of a scene divided where a change in emotion or topic occurs?
Beat
What is another name for an actor?
Thespian