Vocabulary Crossword [A-M]

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Across
  1. 3. The actual story of a musical; the play part.
  2. 6. A musical that was not recorded when it ran (usually, but not always, a flop musical) and is not likely to be recorded.
  3. 9. A musical in which the idea or concept takes precedence over the plot.
  4. 12. A female star who is so much larger than life that she inspires devotion bordering on fanaticism.
  5. 13. A song in which the main character has some kind of revelation or undergoes a major emotional moment that brings the musical to a climax.
  6. 16. A low-level performer, usually in the chorus, who pretty much spends her/his theatrical life in the chorus, moving from show to show.
  7. 18. Where serious actors and actresses perform, as opposed to TV and movies, vaudeville and burlesque, concerts, commercials, etc.
  8. 21. The music played at the beginning of the second act of a musical, before the action resumes.
  9. 23. A song that isn't just bad but that is hilariously awful or hideously inappropriate because of a lousy tune, stupid lyrics, a bad performance, idiotic staging, or a combination thereof.
  10. 24. A biography of a single individual in musical form, though the creative team usually plays fast and loose with the facts of the individual's life in order to raise the entertainment value of the biography.
  11. 27. A production in which song, dialogue, and often dance combine to tell a story in such a manner that the show would be very different without one of these elements.
  12. 31. The person in charge of maintaining the show's choreography.
  13. 33. A recording of a stage production.
Down
  1. 1. A play with music added, but the music is not integral to the plot; remove it, and the play is still perfectly coherent.
  2. 2. A musical that failed to return its investment to its backers.
  3. 3. A musical with a story.
  4. 4. A ballet within a musical that expresses the hopes and dreams (or the actual dreams) of a character.
  5. 5. Not the star, but someone important enough to get their name separately mentioned in the credits.
  6. 7. London's counterpart to off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway. Also a major festival in New York, Edinburgh and many other cities.
  7. 8. A flop musical the recording of which "a small number of aficionados continue to play."
  8. 10. The lyrics to a musical.
  9. 11. Actor's Equity is the actor's union.
  10. 14. A song in which BIG emotions are expressed by a main character or two and the music SWELLS and sounds noble and thunderous--ideally.
  11. 15. An intimate musical designed to play in front of a small audience in a small theatre, with just a few actors and musicians.
  12. 17. A show with nothing outstanding about it except that it's charming.
  13. 19. Technically, the theatre. More commonly, the audience, specifically the number of seats sold.
  14. 20. A spotlight that is continually trained on a performer as he/she moves around the stage.
  15. 22. All the people associated with a musical.
  16. 25. The "little people" on the stage of a musical: the background singers and dancers (and occasional actors).
  17. 26. Someone who occasionally plays a role in a show in order to give the regular performer a rest.
  18. 28. To be the first person ever in a given role.
  19. 29. A young, pretty, vulnerable female lead or second lead.
  20. 30. To sing out loudly, strongly, and clearly, so that one's voice is projected to the back of the balcony.
  21. 32. The payoff moment in a song; the moment when the song is "buttoned up" and finished.