UIUC THEA 110 EXAM 1 questions with correct answers

Kislan's Parts of a Musical Answer the book, the lyrics, the score, the dance The Book Answer generates the theater in musical theater; an outline of highly compressed dramatic development that provides a working umbrella for the songs and dances that distinguish a good production The Lyrics Answer compact pattern of words that when set to music communicates information vital to the dramatic life of a show; put language to the task of expressing thoughts and emotions through the denotative and connotative meanings of words, patterns of literary development, and form denotative meaning Answer explicit factual definition found in the dictionary connotative meaning Answer a more emotional meaning derived from personal experience and associated less with fact than with memory and imagination the score Answer reinforces emotions in drama in a way that cannot be duplicated by language alone the dance Answer "the most direct expression of human feeling and sentiment"; transcends geography in a way that language cannot; humanizes expression in a way that music cannot Kislan's view on musicals Answer musicals embody the spirit and philosophy