Decended from burlesque. Slapstick comedy routines, song and dance #s, magic acts, juggling and acrobatic performances

Program of unrelated singing, dancing, and comedy numbers.

In contrast to a musical, category of plays without music

A big production number which receives so much applause it stops the show

Comic opera that features rock and roll music (Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar)

Uses rock and roll music, psychadelic rock, or contemporary pop and rock

Program of satirical sketches, singing, and dancing about a particular theme. aka musical review

Repitition of a song, sometimes with new lyrics in a later scene. New meaning or subjtext makes a dramatic point

At the beginning of a musical; medley of songs played by orchestra as a preview

Drama set to music with a frivolous, comic theme, some spoken dialogue, a melodramatic story and usually a little dancing. aka light opera. popularized by Gilbert and Sullivan

Mostly singing with less spoken dialogue and usually darker, more dramatic tone than an operetta has

Introduced at the end of the 16th century. Entirely sung

Lighthearted, fast-moving comic story. Dialogue intersperced with popular music

Features song and dance intersperced with spoken text. includes not only modern musicals with popular songs and impressive spectacle, but there is also the masques, operas, burlesques, minstrel shows, variety shows, and musical hall reviews of earlier.

Songs, dances, and comic scenes performed by white actors in black face make up, originated in the 19th century

Features work of a director-choreographer such as Tommy Tune, Michael Bennett, or Bob Fossee

Developed out of intermezzi, or comic interludes performed during intermissions of an opera. Popularized by work of Gilbert and Sullivan

Song in a musical that provides comic relief

Features bawdy songs, dancing women, and sometimes striptease. Began in the 1840s as a parody of opera and upperclass

Musical with particularly well-developed story and characters. (fiddler on the roof)

Spoken lines of dialogue and the plot, written by librettist

Comic opera that mixed popular song of the day with spoken dialogue; brought from England to the colonies during colonial period

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Vaudeville	Decended from burlesque. Slapstick comedy routines, song and dance #s, magic acts, juggling and acrobatic performances
Variety Show	Program of unrelated singing, dancing, and comedy numbers.
Straight Play	In contrast to a musical, category of plays without music
Showstopper	A big production number which receives so much applause it stops the show
Rock Opera	Comic opera that features rock and roll music (Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar)
Rock Musical	Uses rock and roll music, psychadelic rock, or contemporary pop and rock
Revue	Program of satirical sketches, singing, and dancing about a particular theme. aka musical review
Reprise	Repitition of a song, sometimes with new lyrics in a later scene. New meaning or subjtext makes a dramatic point
Overture	At the beginning of a musical; medley of songs played by orchestra as a preview
Operetta	Drama set to music with a frivolous, comic theme, some spoken dialogue, a melodramatic story and usually a little dancing. aka light opera. popularized by Gilbert and Sullivan
Operatic Musical	Mostly singing with less spoken dialogue and usually darker, more dramatic tone than an operetta has
Opera	Introduced at the end of the 16th century. Entirely sung
Musical Comedy	Lighthearted, fast-moving comic story. Dialogue intersperced with popular music
Musical	Features song and dance intersperced with spoken text. includes not only modern musicals with popular songs and impressive spectacle, but there is also the masques, operas, burlesques, minstrel shows, variety shows, and musical hall reviews of earlier.
Music	Orchestrated melodies
Minstrel Show	Songs, dances, and comic scenes performed by white actors in black face make up, originated in the 19th century
Lyrics	Sung words
Lyricist	Writes lyrics
Librettist	Writes the book
Dance Musical	Features work of a director-choreographer such as Tommy Tune, Michael Bennett, or Bob Fossee
Composer	Writes music
Comic Opera	Developed out of intermezzi, or comic interludes performed during intermissions of an opera. Popularized by work of Gilbert and Sullivan
Comedy Number	Song in a musical that provides comic relief
Burlesque	Features bawdy songs, dancing women, and sometimes striptease. Began in the 1840s as a parody of opera and upperclass
Book Musical	Musical with particularly well-developed story and characters. (fiddler on the roof)
Book	Spoken lines of dialogue and the plot, written by librettist
Ballad Opera	Comic opera that mixed popular song of the day with spoken dialogue; brought from England to the colonies during colonial period
Ballad	A love song

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