Musicals by Plot
A nerdy florist finds romance while feeding his growing pet.
Little Shop of Horrors
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
Wicked
The part of the stage farthest from the audience.
Upstage
This is what the sound designers use during the show.
Sound Board
What actors say when they get a 5 minute break.
"Thank you, 5."
A teenager tells a massive lie to get closer to his crush, the dead guys' sister.
Dear Evan Hansen
Lin Manuel-Miranda, Leslie Odom jr, and Daveed Diggs.
Hamilton
Stage right means
The actors right
This platform is commonly used for sound effects during productions
Quelab
The stage directions written in the script.
Blocking
What if Juliet didn't die.
& Juliet
Jeremy Jordan, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Kara Lindsay
Newsies
House right in stage directions.
Stage left
This is used to raise and lower volume during the show
Faders
The immediate breakdown of the production after it has ended.
Strike
The new kid, obsessed with brain freezes, convinces her to go on a killing spree, but leave behind suicide notes in their handwriting.
Heathers
Brody Grant, Jason Schmidt, and Brent Comer
The Outsiders
Upstaging someone.
Putting yourself in front of them in the audiences sightline.
This is used to raise and lower the sound during mic check.
Gain
The person who is at every rehearsal and has all of the blocking if you need it.
Stage Manager
The true story of a small town in Canada on 9/11.
Come From Away
LJ Benet, Shoshana Bean, and Ali Louis Bourzgui
The Lost Boys
The reason behind upstage and downstage.
Stages used to be slanted upwards so you could see the actors at the back of the stage.
The element of an actors mic.
The wire
The name of the arch going above the stage.
Proscenium arch