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subject: The Musical Theatre Dictionary
what is this?
We here at The MT Dictionary thought that it was about time someone collected all of the lingo that is used in theatrical communities into one place. Ergo, what we have done is provided loose definitions of the best/silliest/fiercest words into our unofficial quasi-alphabetized dictionary. The world of musical theatre is ever evolving, and we don’t claim to have gotten it right on the first try–so please check up with us weekly to see what fun words we have come up with! Also, if you have any words you’d like to contribute or define feel free to drop us a comment here or at our official e-mail address
preface to my comment: I see where the fun could be in this website.
example to my preface:
Annie- noun- Any actor under the age of 14 in a production with you. This term applies to both boys and girls.
Actor: Hey, Annie!
Child Actor: My name’s Joe and I’m playing the Artful Dodger.
Actor: I don’t give a fuck what your name is, just don’t step on my LaDucas again.Peanut Butter Tone- adjective- When a singer, usually female, sounds as if she has peanut butter spread on the roof of her soft pallet. This can be from vocal damage, strained voice, and improper technique. Peanut Butter Tone usually leads to tinfoil mixing.
I appreciate a unique voice, but I couldn’t get past Heather Headley’s peanut butter tone during the Dreamgirls Actor’s Fund Recording.
comment:
As someone who is: young, put a lot of regretable comments on the internet, a young theatre patron, a… stage manager, a… person with a soul, I would just like to say a big WTF on behalf of all the stage managers of the world.
reader directions: read this:
Stage Manager-n- Angry women (usually lesbian) who were heavily involved in high school theatre. Their exorbitant passion combined with their minimal theatre skill make them cranky bitches guilty of LaDuca Envy. Pleasant Stage Managers may be found, but are extremely rare.
“Brenda is such a nice person, I can hardly believe she’s a Stage Manager!”
Real cute guys, real cute. Wait you guys have more!
ASM-noun- Abbreviation: assistant stage manager. Otherwise known as “Baby Lesbians in a Power Struggle.”
Yes. Why even bring up the obvious?
And luckily production assistants have remained unscathed by these wordage devils.
This dictionary is a cute and is hilarious, yes, yet it only perpetuates youthful personality setting stereotypes in theatre. Frankly, my 22 year old ass has grown old of that sort, what can ya do?
One can only hope that the authors of such a website are young. Given there author’s note (see below) I would expect them to be, among other things.
Author’s Note: If the names Elaine Stritch, William Finn, and Lillias White mean nothing to you, please leave immediately. Furthermore if you have never belted–leave now, this is NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU. If you have never watched the Tony Awards, this screen will close immediately. (Okay, we aren’t smart enough to do that but we WILL be getting some techies very soon. Ooooh, we should probably put “techie” into our dictionary.)
Anyway, the purpose of this post is written in hopes to be found by MTDictionary’s authors and for them to know based on my New York experience thus far, the majority of stage managers are A. Men B. Gay C. Very pleasant. Essentially… the opposite of their given definition!
Even if those stereotypes hold true to given definition to define us all in such a negative matter is just immature, lackluster and frankly less funny than there other definitions. And I know funny. And I also know that video link on funny is only funny to three people.
