Stage Directions
Stage directions (stage left, stage right, etc) are from the perspective of these people
Who are the actors?
The names of the surfer dude angels, characters made up for the musical
Who are Harpo and Halo?
This is the name of the book where the lines of the play are written.
What is the script?
The setting of Newsies
An actor moving towards the audience is moving in this direction
What is downstage?
Gabriel and Michael are both this rank of angel
Plays can be broken up into acts. This is the name for the smaller sections in each act.
What are scenes?
This character in Newsies was a real politician, first governor of New York and eventually president.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
An actor moving away from the audience is moving in this direction.
What is upstage?
This is the name of the musical technique used in Call His Name Jesus when one group introduced a tune and another group repeated it.
What is call and response?
The name for the part of the theatre where the audience sits
What is the house?
This is the year the Newsies strike took place.
What is 1899?
Choreography is the planned movements during a song/while music is playing. This is the term for the planned actor movements while they are speaking.
What is blocking?
When taking role call, Michael called these two ranks of angels by name before calling for the rest of the angels.
What are cherubim and seraphim?
When two or more actors are talking with each other, they are delivering dialogue. This is the name for the type of speech a character gives when the deliver a longer block of text all on their own.
What is a monologue?
Which song from Newsies best encapsulates the central message of the show? Defend your answer.
Responses can vary.