Musical Theatre Vocab (A-N)

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  1. 3. To sing out loudly, so that one's voice carries to the back of the balcony. Typically used to describe a female singer.
  2. 5. Located in NYC, this region is where professional actors, singers, and dancers will go. The top level of musical theatre performance.
  3. 9. A play that is moved forward plot wise by music, song or dance.
  4. 11. The lower part of your vocal register (range)
  5. 12. The higher part of your vocal register or range
  6. 14. A musical about a real person or a historical figure. The details can be "fast and loose" to make the show more entertaining.
  7. 16. 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. Often but not always the song before the bows.
  8. 18. A musical in which the concept or idea take precedence over the plot, usually a non linear story, or one that uses several threads.
  9. 19. The Final Bow
  10. 20. A ballet within a musical that expresses the hopes and dreams( or the actual dreams) of a character, often the ingenue. The musical Oklahoma! contains the first one.
  11. 21. A musical that costs multiple million dollars to produce.
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  1. 1. A musical that uses music from a particular time period or artist to tell a story.
  2. 2. The Lower female vocal part
  3. 4. A song that tells a story, it can be romantic, dramatic or funny.
  4. 6. This person teaches the cast the music, and is in charge of how the musical sounds.
  5. 7. A musical with a story, often a fairytale.
  6. 8. This person is in charge of maintaining the show's choreography, they teach the dance numbers to new cast members and make sure the dances are exactly like the choreographer wants them to be.
  7. 10. A young, pretty, vulnerable female lead or second lead. Usually the love interest or heroine of the story. (It's French)
  8. 13. The research that goes into a show about time period, references, and need to know information that makes the show as accurate and interesting as possible.
  9. 15. The lower part of the male voice.
  10. 17. The professional recording of the songs in a musical, recorded by the original cast. It is NOT a soundtrack.