Musical Theatre Vocab Module 1

Score

The collection of all the music in the show

Book

The scenes and dialogue of a musical, the story

Libretto

The term that means the dialogue as well as the lyrics to the songs

Composer

The person who writes the music for a musical, including melodies and harmonies.

The persons who write the words to the music of the show

Librettist

The person who write the dialogue of the show and craft the story

Director

The person who has artistic control and through their vision the story is told

Producer

The person who has financial control and hires all members of the artistic team

Choreographer

The person who stages the fances

Music Director

The person who teaches the music

Protagonist

Our Hero

Antagonist

The person in the way of our hero

Inciting Incident

What makes this day different

Climax

The final battle between our protagonist and antagonist

Resolution

All the loose ends tied up

Overture

A medley of the show’s song that opens the show

Happy villagers number

Given circumstance (The facts, time, location, rules, etc) sung

I want song

Super objective sung

Entr’acte

A medley of the show’s songs that opens the second act

11 o Clock number

The climax in song or a rousing company number

Finale

The resolution in song