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A form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
What is Musical Theatre
A form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading.
What is a Play
A classical form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
What is Opera
An activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and the related arts.
What is Rehearsal
Often a professional in the theatre field, this person oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production, including acting, blocking and staging.
Who is the Director
These shows rely on existing music, often by the same artist, band or composer, with a new storyline to link them together.
A genre that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter,
What is Comedy
A theater building used for classical performances. Like many theaters, it usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets.
What is an Opera House
An object actors use on stage or screen during a performance, considered to be anything movable or portable.
What is a Prop
This person oversees everything to do with the songs in a show, regardless of the setting, and would work closely with the singers and the band or orchestra.
Who is the Musical Director
These are considered shows that consist of either a storyline connected to movement and/or an emphasis on choreography.
What is a Dance Musical
The form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers.
What is Improvisation
A lighter form of Opera, with shorter run time, English dialogue, and usually of a light and amusing character.
What is Operetta
Used as a enviroment for a theatrical production, this may be just about anything, from a single chair to an elaborately re-created street.
What is the Set (or Scenery)
The individual who has overall responsibility for the smooth execution of a theatrical production. They will usually have at least one assistant.
Who is the Stage Manager
This genre of musical theatre first emerged in the late 1960s with Hair, the “American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”, and do not feature spoken dialogue, only songs.
What is a Rock Opera
A genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters.
What is Tragedy
A form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The audience might even sit at tables.
What is Cabaret
The trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time, for example a lighting change or effect, a sound effect, or some sort of stage or set movement/change.
What is a Cue
This creative person designs and directs the movement and dance sequences for performances, productions, or events.
Who is the Choreographer
A reliance on the script first, often with heavy dialogue and a narrative that is paramount. Connected songs help propel the plot forward.
What is a Book Musical
Centered on real people and events, these can be tragedies or comedies, though often they defy these classifications.
Historicals
A genre of French Baroque lyric theatre that was most popular during the 18th century, combining elements of opera and dance.
What is Opéra-ballet
What an actor must say to get a reminder of thier next line. So important that the sides of the stage are named after it!
What is a Prompt
The person responsible for creating the characters' outfits, who must also balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc.
Who is the Costume Designer (or Wardrobe Supervisor)