musical theater
Stage shows sung
Musical theater is a form of stage entertainment combining spoken dialogue, songs, and dance to tell a story.
The genre encompasses everything from lavish Broadway productions to intimate off-Broadway shows.
She's been obsessed with musical theater since seeing her first show at age eight.
The term also refers to the tradition or art form generally: He studied musical theater in college.
Manhattan theatrical district
- West EndLondon theatre district
- touring companyTraveling theatrical ensemble
- revivalReturn after decline
- workshopPlace for making or learning
reading · off-Broadway · fringe · producer · investor · backer · box office · Tony Awards
Opera's written words
- bookBound written work
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- lyricsWritten words for music
- composerCreator of musical works
lyricist · orchestration · vocal arrangement · dramaturgy · script · revision · concept album · demo
Trial performance for selection
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
cast · ensemble · lead · director · stage manager · callback · tech rehearsal · dress rehearsal
Crafting theatrical environments
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- stagecraftTheater production expertise
turntable · trap door · projection · pyrotechnics · rigging · scrim · backdrop · wings
Designing performance movement sequences
- dance breakInstrumental section for choreography
- dream balletTheatrical dance depicting imagination
- kick lineRow of synchronized dancers
- jazz handsShowy spread-finger gesture
soft shoe · combination · showgirl · production number · lift · formation
Song from a musical
showstopper · power ballad · comedy number · opening number · finale · overture · entr'acte · verse
Broadway
Manhattan theatrical district
- West EndLondon theatre district
- touring companyTraveling theatrical ensemble
- revivalReturn after decline
workshop · reading · off-Broadway · fringe · producer · investor · backer · box office · Tony Awards · transfer
libretto
Opera's written words
composer · lyricist · orchestration · vocal arrangement · dramaturgy · script · revision · concept album · demo · interpolation
audition
Trial performance for selection
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
understudy · cast · ensemble · lead · director · stage manager · callback · tech rehearsal · dress rehearsal · opening night
set design
Crafting theatrical environments
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
stagecraft · turntable · trap door · projection · pyrotechnics · rigging · scrim · backdrop · wings · proscenium
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
- dance breakInstrumental section for choreography
- dream balletTheatrical dance depicting imagination
- kick lineRow of synchronized dancers
jazz hands · soft shoe · combination · showgirl · production number · lift · formation
showtune
Song from a musical
reprise · showstopper · power ballad · comedy number · opening number · finale · overture · entr'acte · verse · chorus
- drama activitiesschool play, drama class, role-playing, puppet show, skit
- Theater Studiesdrama studies, dramaturgy, playwriting, acting techniques, method acting
- Acting TrainingJuilliard, Actors Studio, Carnegie Mellon, method acting, Stanislavski
- performing arts in literaturebackstage drama, stage plays, chorus line
- Theater Formsstage play, one-act play, mystery play, morality play, passion play
- theater genrestragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, satire
musical theaterstraight play
Theater without musical numbers
dramatic play · tragedy · dramatic monologue · legitimate theater · one-act play
musical theatercinema
Motion picture theater
film · television · radio drama · audiobook · streaming content
musical theaterrealism
Accepting things as they are
naturalism · method acting · slice of life · social realism · immersive theater
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