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Musical Theater Vocab
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03/19/2008

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Opera
Definition
a form of musical theater in which all conversations are sung
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Operetta
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a form of musical theater in which the music is lighter than opera and
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Comic Opera
Definition
a humorous or satirical operetta
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Musical Revue
Definition
a production consisting of a series of independent song-and-
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Musical comedy
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a form of musical theater; a combination of operetta and
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Musical Play
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a form of musical theater in which the emphasis is on real people
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Crossover
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a term that describes characters walking across the stage together or entering from opposite sides and meeting on the stage
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Change music
Definition
the music played between scenes while sets are being changed
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Spoof
Definition
a farcical literary work that pokes fun at certain subjects or time periods
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Satire
Definition
a style of comedy that presents humourous attacks on accepted conventions of society, holding up human vices and follies to ridicule
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Concept Musical
Definition
a series of loosely connected scenes that focus on a theatrical concept
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Hanging plot
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a listing of all the flying scenery and what is on each piece, prepared by the technical director or the stage manager
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Storage Plot
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a diagram showing how scenic units are to be stored in the wing areas during a show
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Backlighting
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the use of lighting instruments above and behind performers to accent the performers and set them apart from the background
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Reversibles
Definition
a costume that is double-faced so that by reversing it the illusion of a different costume is created
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Coordinates
Definition
costumes that are separates, which are interchangeable, or sometimes reversible, such as ties, vests, and so on
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combo
Definition
a small group of instrumentalists
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Choreographer
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a person who designs dance for the stage
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Choreography
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the dances designed for a production
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Composer
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a person who writes music
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Chorus
Definition
in present-day theater, the singers in a musical, other than the principals
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Overture
Definition
the music, usually a medley of the show’s songs, played at the beginning of a musical
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Score
Definition
the music of a show as composed
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