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Actors studio
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is a membership organization for professional actors in NY
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Anti hero
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is a protagonist who is lacking heroic attributes and qualities and instead possesses character traits that are antihetical to heroism
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the beggar's opera
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a ballad opera written by John Gay in 1765
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the black crook
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is the first piece of musical theater that conforms to the notion of "book musical" (1866-- Charles Barras)
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character
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any person, persona, entity that exists in a work of arts
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choreographer
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the plan out or oversee the development, movement or details of orchestrate
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coherence
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a synonym for strict Rothenberg propriety in diatonic set theory
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composer
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a person who creates music
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Integration
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A process of combining
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libretto
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the text of an opera or other musical work
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lyricist
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a writer who specializes in song lyrics
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method acting
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is an acting technique where in actors try to replicate real life emotional conditions under which the characters operate in order to create life like realistic performance
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modernism
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an array of cultural changes in the western society in late 19th and 20th century
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musical comedy
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a comedic movie or play in which dialogue is interspersed with songs, especially one with a focus on musical numbers and simple plot
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musical revue
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is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches
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musical play
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is a form of theater combining music and dance
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operetta
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is a genre of light music, light in terms of both, music and subject matter
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postmodernism
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after the modernist movement
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realism
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a movement towards greater fidelity to real life
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reflexivity
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taking a subject and object with identical referents
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Stanislavsky
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a businessman turned actor who revolutionized acting
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Strasberg
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an actor, producer, director and acting teacher who was nominated for an academy award
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subtext
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is a content of a book, play, musical work or play
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through-sung musical
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refers to a musical or an opera with little or no dialogue
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utopia
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a perfect but unreal place
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vaudeville
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stage entertainment offering a variety of short acts such as slapstick-tums, song and dance routines, juggling performance, etc...
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performative spectacle
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