Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
The movement and gestures used in staging.
Genre of American music developed in the Appalachian region in the 1940s. Bluegrass uses acoustic strings, often including a banjo, and has its roots in folk ballads, country music, and jazz.
Storm or tempest
Bachelor of Music, an undergraduate degree specializing in music.
Dagger
Socially unconventional, often using artistic expression.
A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
A person who devotes themselves to a sociable and luxurious lifestyle
The script of a musical.
A production in which musical numbers and dances are fully integrated into a proper narrative with defined dramatic goals.
Also called the “control room,” the space where technicians run lighting and sound cues. The stage manager may also call the show from the booth or in the wings, or “on deck.”
Useless