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Midterm Flashcards

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Things a play needs

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plot, characters (interaction, dialogue), climax, setting, conflict, solution, moral/lesson, order of events

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Dramatic Action Diagram

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exposition (all info that happens b4 play) –> Rising Action –> Climax –> Falling Action –> Conclusion

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Climactic Play

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start very near end of show, skips exposition, jumps ALMOST to climax, minimal/short period of time, limited location, limited people.

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Episodic Play

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starts at exposition/beginning info. May start at different time period and end at different time period. doesn’t follow limited time/space/people. Has sub plots, can have flash backs

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Deus Ex Machina

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the machine of gods. everything coming together in the end, moment where everything comes together and changes course of what is happening (always in climactic plays)

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Tragedy

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Genre. have someone at best they can be, then fall to the lowest point in their life. something very serious happens. Stems back from Greek from Dionysus dying.

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Comedy

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people put into ridiculous situations, silly/funny

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Tragicomedy

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high to low point but with humor

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Farce

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comedy version of mellow drama (exaggeration)

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Satire

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commentary on current events (irony, witty)

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Domestic Comedy

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sitcoms –> 2.5 men

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Comedy of Manners

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classes/types of people

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comedy of ideas

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techniques to make fun of way people think about certain things

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Domestic drama

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kitchen sink drama - takes place in home

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mellow - drama

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overacted, over the top, but still end up in dramatic undertones, larger then life consquences

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Aesthetic Distance

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distance that happens between performance and audience, just refers to how close or far away you are from stage. Balcony vs. front row

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Illusion/imagination

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symbol, metaphor, willing suspension of disbelief - very important

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Catharsis

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biggest craziest wildest emotion, all can be let out by everyone involved — audience cries

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Thespis

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person who stepped out from chorus and started to act the “first act” ever –> may have been the start of theatre

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Essential qualities of theatre

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audience, performers, what is performed (play, musical), environment, performance

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chorus

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integral part of early greek plays, explain situation and bring audience up to date, make commentary on action, engage in dialogue w/ other actors

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Roman Drama

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stolen from Greek drama - stole their Gods and renamed them

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Claque

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person/group hired to applaud at performance (used first by romans)

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Medieval Times

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After fall or roman empire - literature lost/destroyed and theatre banned by church

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Troubadours, Joglars, Minstrels

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performers who travel around village to village

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Miracle Play

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drama about life of a saint

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Morality Play

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drama that teaches moral lesson

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Mystery Play

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drama based on biblical story

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Passion Play

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drama based on episodes of Christ’s life

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Proscenium

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most common type of theatre, like a picture frame, audience faces stage, wings on either side of stage, proscenium arch – picture frame/arch that goes around stage.

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Thrust

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oldest known fixed type of staging, greek amphitheater, thrusts in audience, audience usually on three sides, brings action closer to audience, more intimate

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Theatre in the Round

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audience on all sides, most intimate, some people at disadvantage to see (looking at butt)

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Black Box Theatre

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flexible staging, infinite possibilites, black room with 4 walls, scenery limited due to no fly system, contemporary plays, brings audience into show

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up stage

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back of stage

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down stage

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towards front

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stage right

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right for the actor. left as audience views

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stage left

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left for actor. right as audience views

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hosue left

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stage right. ( left as audience views)

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house right

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stage left (right as audience views)

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orchestra pit

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only on proscenium stage!!! people play instruments, pit lowers in ground so you can’t see them

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Accent

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English is NOT their first language

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Dialect

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english is first primary language, but they have a regional sound from somewhere – new jersey, southern, canada

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Received Pronunciation

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dialect of queen of england - royal dialect

44
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Cockney

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british accent type thing but less. hard to understand sometimes

45
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Estuary

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between Received Pronunciation and Cockney

46
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SAG AFTRA

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screen actors guild, american federation of TV and radio actors. Can get contract in Tv show/radio spot, or be a member of sister union.

47
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AEA

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Actors Equity Association. touring broadway show. (stage managers) can get a contract, or be in a sister union, or EMC (Equity Membership Candidacy Program - by gaining EMC points)

48
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Flats

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can be black and block off certain areas of stage or painted (mountain or some scenery) can be moveable bases or can use fly system to move them up/down

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Scrim

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2 way fabric - like closet curtains

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Fly System

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serious of pulleys/ropes/weights that can bring things up/down from stage. lights can be attached to it or sound equipment or people or scenery

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Rigging

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fly loft - all tops and pipes are at when not in use

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Set design

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FIRST design to happen in theatre - uses AUTO CAD - comes up with concept and drafts idea

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GOBO

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Goes Before Optic - piece of metal they cut an image into , put between light and stage so image appears

54
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GEL

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Colored sheet of gelatin paper- like saran wrap - very thin can cut into pieces and put in front of light to project different colors onto stage

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Shot Gun Mike

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will pick up any sound in area very broad pick up a lot of people

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Body Mike

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goes on body, receiver/transmitter in like a much, cordless, little thing by your mouth

57
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Hand Held

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only sound right in front of it.

58
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Projection Design

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Newest form of theatre design - hard to make look good

59
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Shakespeare

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created over 1700 words, 2nd best selling writer ever, created theater company called King’s Men, owned 2 theaters and multiple homes, was an actor and play write, wrote 154 sonnets, 37 plays, 2 epic poems

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Critic

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usually works for magazine or scholarly journal, describes but analyzes events, contextualizes event

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Reviewer

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works for TV, radio, newspaper. Report on event. summarizes plot and identifies actors. Offer opinion.

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Descriptive Criticism

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more experience person, attempts to clearly and accurately describe what is happening in performance

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Prescriptive Criticism

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attempts to not only describe performance, but also offers advice and comments about how it should be done

64
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Who played Shrek?

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Brian d’Arcy James

65
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Lord Farquad Insecurity?

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being short

66
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Oedipus and Jocasta relationship?

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married, had 4? kids, but also mother/son

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Rumored to have killed former king, Lauis?

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Robbers

68
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What did Oedipus blind himself with?

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pins from Jocasta’s outfit

69
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Children did Jocasta and Oedipus have?

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2

70
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How did Oedipus become king?

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killed the sphinx

71
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What type of play is Oedipus?

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Climactic

72
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What type of play is 12th night?

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episodic

73
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plays written by Shakespeare?

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Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Orthello

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Literary Truth

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truth in the world of the show

75
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factual truth

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something fact of life

76
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Unrealistic

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judges peoples actions on basis of good sense and insight

77
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realism in drama

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attempt to immitate real life - viewing world w/ good judgment and clear vision

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non-realistic

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refer to qualities of dramatic presentation

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non-realistic conventions

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disrupt realistic sense of work - poetic language, chorus, narrator

80
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Cinema

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shots taken separately that can be uniterrupted parts

81
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Edward Albee

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tells during the play that it is NOT reality - makes you remember your seeing a play

82
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realistic

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descriptive term

83
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realism/non realstic

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refer to mode of presentation

84
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human truth

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rather than feidelty to facts, is highest achievement of literature

85
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1927 Musical theatre - Showbat

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changed everything, talked about serious subjects such as racism, spousal abuse, abandonment - tied songs to plot

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Famous Composers in Musical theatre

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Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz

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Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Oklahoma 1943. The King and I. Sound of Music

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Andrew Lloyd Weber

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rock musicals - started at 9 years old. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Phantom of the Opera

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Stephen Sondheim

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West Side Story, Sweeny Todd

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Stephen Schwartz

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Godspell, Wicked

91
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Book Muscial

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story of show - where musci is fully incorporated into story - always songs that connect to plot and further the story

92
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Cameron Macintosh

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Miss Saigon - very influential - has writes to almost all things written in Britain

93
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Lea Salonga

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Main character in Miss Saigon - Kim

94
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Jonathon Price

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Engineer in Miss Saigon - controversy b/c he plays Asian character but is white

95
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Sitzprobe

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cast sit in w/ orchestra for first time and sing

96
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preview performance

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1st change to get show in front of audience - tiral - discounted tickeet

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Miss Saigon World Premier

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Sept 20 1989 - London - Royal - Drury Lane - changed since to National Theatre

98
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Biggest spectacle in Miss Saigon

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helicopter scene

99
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Why couldn’t Miss Saigon play in US?

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couldn’t get Actors Equity as foreigner unless top 1%. Lea Salonga was main character and foreign/unknown

100
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Auditions held at for Miss Saigon

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Hawaii, NY, Hollywood, Phillipines, and London

101
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Miss Saigon is based off of..

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Madame Butterfly - women give up everything for her child

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