Musical Theatre Words
Monologue
A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group.
Choreographer
A person who creates and teaches dance numbers in a musical
actor
A personeho performs as a character in a play
Off-book
Actors ability to perform lines without a script
Blocking
Actors movement in a play not choreography
Cross
Actors movement to a new position on a stage
Onstage
Anything within the view of the audience
Offstage
Area out of view of audience
creative team
Author's director choreographer music director and sm designers for a play
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters
Lines
Dialogue spoken by actors
Play
Dramatic writing meant to be performed live onstage
Warm-up
Exercises at beginning or rehearsal to prepare actors voice and body
Opening night
First official performance of a production
Stage left
Left side of stage from actors perspective
house left
Left side of theater in the audiences perspective
Protagonist
Main character
Rehearsal
Meet where cast learns and practices the show
Book writer
One of the authors in a musical writes lines and stage directions also known as librettist
Music Director
Person in charge of teaching songs to cast and orchestra
Stage manager
Person responsible for keeping all rehearsals and performances organized and on schedule and for calling cues
Lyricist
Person who writes lyrics of the musical (songs)
Composer
Person who writes music for a musical
Musical
Play with songs used to tell the story
Stage right
Right side of stage from actors perspective
House right
Right side of theater in audiences perspective
Raked stage
Stage raised slightly upstage that's sort of tilted towards the audience
Cast
The performers in a show
Downstage
The stage area toward the audience.
Cheating out
Turning ones self slightly towards the house when performing so audience can see face and hear them
House
Where the audience sits
Lyrics
Words of a song
Script
Words written to make a show : book that contains those words
Author
Writer of a play (aka a playwright) or a musical. A musicals author includes book writer composer and lyricist
Upstage
away from the audience
stage directions
directions given to the actors in script (actions)
Director
person in charge of the artistic production of a play and stages the play
