Sound Design
"Best Sound Design" became a Tony category in this year.
What is 2008?
This property of lighting design concerns the level of brightness of stage lights.
He was responsible for the death of Mercutio; Romeo killed him in self-defense.
Who is Tybalt?
This city is considered a microcosm of American contemporary theatre.
What is Chicago?
Gilbert & Sullivan's operas were called this, named after the opera house in which they were performed.
What are savoy operas?
In sound reproduction, sound designers may create the sounds of every day life, also known as these types of sounds.
What are environmental sounds?
What is a light plot?
This theme of Romeo & Juliet can be found in the feud between the houses; how the nobility viewed the feud versus how the servants viewed the feud; and Mercutio's general opinion of everybody.
What is opposition?
Contrary to it's name, this example of non-traditional theatre did not happen spontaneously or by happenstance.
What are happenings?
Unofficially considered operas with dialogue, this style of music theatre utilizes spoken dialogue to introduce songs.
What is an operetta?
These types of sounds help to move the action of the play.
What are motivational sounds?
This lighting design objective is probably the most important of them all--we gotta see what's happening onstage!
What is to provide visibility?
Academics have long argued about Mercutio and his relationship with Romeo; many people, including your instructor, think that Mercutio is this.
This non-traditional theatrical style attempts to eliminate the distinction between the audience and the acting space.
What is environmental theatre?
If Rodgers and Hammerstein are considered the grandfathers of musical theatre, this man is considered the father.
Who is Sondheim?
This aspect of sound design is responsible for amplifying sounds produced by performers or musical instruments.
What is sound reinforcement?
This metal disk with designs cut into it is used to create light or shadow patterns on stage.
Characters in Romeo & Juliet are constrained by these that force them to act a certain way; attempting to break out of them caused their downfall.
What are social roles?
In this facet of African-American theatre, white people in black face created caricatures of black people through comedic and sentimental songs, skits, jigs, and shuffled dances.
What are minstrel shows?
This era of musical theatre occurred from the 1940s to the 1960s, and is considered the first appearance of musicals as we know them.
What is the Golden Age of musicals?
Sound designers may include music in their concept in order to achieve this objective.
What is to set the tone or mood?
Named after the father of modern day stage lighting, this lighting method uses warm and cool light at a 45* angle to light performers onstage.
What is the McCandless method?
This was one of the themes of Romeo & Juliet; no matter how he tried, Romeo couldn't escape it.
What is fate?
Latinx and Latinx-American theatre can be divided into these three groups.
What are Chicano, Cuban-American, and Nuyorican theatre?
This type of musical often uses songs that have already been written by popular recording artists; a story is written to "fit" around those songs.
What is a jukebox musical?