VOCABULARY. Who’s Who in Musicals? Conductor Composer Lyricist Choreographer Principles Soubrette...

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VOCABULARY

Transcript of VOCABULARY. Who’s Who in Musicals? Conductor Composer Lyricist Choreographer Principles Soubrette...

Who’s Who in Musicals?

• Conductor

• Composer

• Lyricist

• Choreographer

• Principles

• Soubrette

• Chorus

lyricist

The person who writes the WORDS to the music

That’s right…there’s no pictures… because its all WORDS!!!!

LYRICS

The words to a songBook/libretto

The entire script of the musical

CHOREOGRAPHY

The dances that are designed for a song in a production

SO…that means that Choreography is….

principles

The named lead characters in a musical

soubrette

• Secondary female lead, usually a comic role

Types of Musicals• Opera

• Operetta

• Comic Opera

• Musical Revue

• Musical Comedy

• Concept Musical

• Musical Play

• Spoof

Operetta

A lighter music and actors speak lines rather than just singing

Examples

Babes in Toyland

The Merry Widow

Comic Opera A Offshoot of

straight opera, it combines music and humor

ExamplesThe Pirates of Penzance

The Mikado

H.M.S. Pinafore

Musical RevueConsists of a

loosely connected series of lavish production numbers

ExamplesAin’t Misbehavin’

Musical Comedy

Combines music and humor

ExamplesGuys and Dolls

Annie Get Your Gun

Anything Goes

Concept Musical

A play that is built around a particular idea

ExamplesCats

A Chorus Line

Starlight Express

Musical Play

Acting and choreography are equally integral, increased emphasis on real people in real situations

ExamplesOklahoma!

Fiddler on the Roof

Spoof

A farcical play that pokes fun at certain subjects or eras (time periods)

ExamplesOnce Upon A Mattress

Little Mary Sunshine

Parts of (some) Musicals• Overture

• Crossover

• Lead in Line

• Change Music

• Production Number

• Underscore

• Vamp

• Recitative

Overture

• Music played at the start of a show, a medley of the show’s songs

Crossover

• A short scene played in front of the curtain while scenery is being changed

Lead in Line

• The line or lines of dialogue immediately preceding a song, usually underscored

Change music

• The music played between scenes

Production Number

• A large-scale musical number involving many performers

Recitative

• A singing style that is closer to speaking than to singing

Misc. Other Stuff

• Backlighting

• Follow Spot

• Combos

• Reversibles