Musical Theatre Vocabulary

The person responsible for designing and show's dance numbers.

• choreographer

• onstage director

• music director

• chorus

A _________ is a dramatic production accompanied by song and dance.

What is a group of singers that provides backup vocals for principal performers.

• principals

• chorus

• music director

• straight plays

Who is the person who directs the actors, singers, and dancers in a musical?

• onstage director

• choreographer

• musical director

• principals

Plays that are nonmusical is called ________ ___________.

A comedic drama featuring song and dance.

• comedy

• musical

• straight plays

• musical comedy

What do you call actors in major roles?

• the star

• principals

• major characters

• chorus

When you try to convince a person or group to accept your proposal of an idea, you are giving them a __________.

This person is the director in a musical who directs the non-musical aspects of the play.

• director

• music director

• onstage director

• principals

What are production numbers?

• A group of singers that provides backup vocals for principal performers.

• A dramatic production accompanied by song and dance.

• Elaborate song-and-dance sequences in which most of the cast takes part.

• A comedic drama featuring song and dance.