VOCABULARY WORDS

Lyricist: A person who writes the words to a song.

Score: The written music for a musical (like the script for a play).

Props: The objects used by actors in a show to carry out their part, such as a telephone, briefcase, cup or a key to a door.

The Book: The script of all the lines actors say in between the songs in musical theatre.

Shift: The moment when stagehands change or rearrange the furniture or other items on a set in the middle of a performance.

Audition: The time when artists come to try out for a part in a show. Dress rehearsal: A complete run-through of a show with all the performers in the costumes they will wear in the performance.

Scene: Each portion of dialogue and action in a show that takes place in one location or time of day.

Cue: A word or action by another performer that signals another actor to begin their part.