Elements of an Action
What is objective?
Actors think it's bad luck to wish someone "good luck" before a performance and instead wish one another...
What is "break a leg"?
A musical that weaves together songs written by a popular artist.
What is a jukebox musical?
Physicality leads to...
What is emotionality
A performance that is created and performed spontaneously or without preparation.
What is improvisation?
These are the tools that actors use to get what they want.
What are tactics?
This color is considered to be unlucky on stage.
Blue
This American musical is heralded as the musical that changed musical theatre forever and ushered in the golden age of the musical.
What is Oklahoma?
All stage movement needs to be this.
What is motivated and intentional?
The most important rule of improv.
What is "yes and"?
This is what gets in the way of what the actor wants.
What is an obstacle?
This is the reason why whistling in a theatre is considered to be bad luck.
What is the system by which stagehands would communicate the movement of set pieces?
The first musical to feature black actors performing on Broadway in the role of black characters.
What is Showboat?
What is it called when a director instructs an actor to open their body to the audience.
What is cheating out?
The historical event that inspired Newsies.
What is the Newsboys' Strike of 1899?
The information you can find in a script.
What are given circumstances?
You should never say this word in a theatre!
What is Macbeth?
A Chorus Line is an example of this type of musical.
What is a concept musical?
This is what it's called when an actor introduces themself before an audition or performance.
What is slating?
Founder of the Moscow Art Theatre and famous director.
Who was Constantin Stanislavski?
The term for the chemistry and collaboration between actor partners.
What is communion?
What type of flowers should actors give the director?
What are graveyard flowers?
This musical, in part written by Stephen Sondheim, has multiple movie adaptations--the latest of which was directed by Stephen Spielberg.
What is West Side Story?
The Musical Tactics.
What are Dynamics, Tempo, Accompaniment, Word Choice, Styling, and Shaping?
The name for the part of the stage that is in front of the proscenium arch.
What is the apron?