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a permanent canopy usually of metal or glass over an entrance to a theater upon which advertisements for the production are placed.
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marquee
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a drama with exaggerated conflicts and emotions, stereotyped characters tending toward moral extremes of good and evil, often underscored with music.
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melodrama
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style of acting where emphasis is placed on the truthful portrayal of a character's emotional life.
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the method
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an extended speech delivered by one character
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monologue
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a composite of several scenes or episodes that tell a story or convey the passage of time
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montage
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favoritism shown to a relative.
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nepotism
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a romantic view of an earlier period in history
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nostalgia
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a production produced in New York at a second-tier theater rather than in a theater in the NY theater district commonly referred to as Broadway.
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off broadway
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the trial performance period prior to the opening on broadway when a musical is being perfected by rewriting.
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out of town tryout
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the telling a story by the use of bodily movements only
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pantomime
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also called a proscenium-style theater, it frames the action within three walls; audience views the action through a fourth wall created by actors, energy runs among the actors on stage and audience eavesdrops on the action.
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picture stage
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the slang term for the orchestra pit
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pit
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instead of using the stage as a picture frame within which to represent a real life event, the platform stage is used as a springboard upon which to present a theater event, no fourth wall stands between the performers and the audience.
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platform stage
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the sequence of actions making up the story of a musical
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plot
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supervises the financing and business aspects of a production
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producer
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the part of a modern stage framing the front of the curtain
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proscenium
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the main character of the drama
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protagonist
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a person who specializes in advertising a production
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publicist
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any of various annual prizes awarded for outstanding literary, musical or journalistic achievement established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer
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pulitzer prize
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the most typical example
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quintessential
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when the stage floor is slanted so that the highest part of the stage is"upstage"
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raked stage
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to be 'in red ink' means a production is operating at a loss
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red ink
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any professional theater located outside NYC
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regional theater
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a new presentation of a previously produced show
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revival
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idealized love
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romantic
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a work that holds up human vices and follies to scorn and ridicule through the use of irony and sarcasm
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satire
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the setting or background for a scene of a musical
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set
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an act, song or performer that wins applause so prolonged as to interrupt the flow of a performance
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showstopper
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