Musical Theatre
Across
- 1. a person who writes the words to a popular song or musical.
- 6. Non-musicals
- 9. ornate vocal writing which demonstrates a singer's vocal agility
- 10. The place where the action occurs on the stage
- 11. the patterns of movement of the performers onstage
- 12. The person who directs the actors, singers, and dancers in a musical
- 14. The person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir
- 15. A player of a musical instrument, a member of the orchestra
- 17. Elaborate song and dance sequences in which most of the cast takes part
- 18. the audience's right
- 21. the lowest male voice
- 24. a musical form that sounds like natural patterns of speech
- 27. The person responsible for designing a show’s dance numbers
- 28. a rapid song with many words sang at lightning speed
- 29. a song sung by three performers
- 32. the secondary roles in an operetta
- 34. the outfits worn by the performers to reflect the time and place
- 35. the artist who arranges the test of a story to fit the accompanying music
- 36. A dramatic production accompanied by song and dance
- 37. the primary roles of an operetta or musical
- 40. the lowest female voice
- 42. the final musical number in an operetta or musical, often involving most of the cast
- 44. the highest female voice, often the lead character
- 45. the text of an operetta or musical
Down
- 2. the audience's left
- 3. A comedic drama featuring song and dance
- 4. a person who writes plays.
- 5. a song sung by four people
- 7. the highest male voice
- 8. a person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation.
- 13. a notated piece or book of music showing each voice or instrumental piece in a production
- 16. a group of performers/ a piece music performed by multiple musicians
- 19. a song sung by two people
- 20. an orchestral piece played at the very beginning of a performance
- 22. a large group of musicians playing instruments that are led by a conductor
- 23. the middle range female voice
- 25. a break between the acts, allowing the audience to have a break
- 26. "little opera", usually a light, comedic opera combining sung and spoken text
- 30. a groups of scenes with a common theme
- 31. items that are carried onstage in an actor's hand or that "dress" the set
- 33. A part of division of an act of a play or a musical
- 38. to repeat a given piece of music or to extend the performance by popular demand
- 39. the middle range male voice
- 40. a group of people singing together in parts or in unison
- 41. an Italian word shouted by the audience when they are particularly impressed with a performance
- 43. a vocal solo expressing personal emotion or reflection